Austin POV
"Ok so you know that 'suicide' I was telling you about?" She said, putting air quotes around the word, 'suicide'.
"Yeah..." I said wearily.
"Well I think cops might have something to do with this story, it was a cop that signed the 'headfirst suicide', on the report"
"What cop?" I asked curiously if I'd know him.
She looked down at the ground and sighed.
"It was Bobby"
I stopped and looked at her in disbelief. Bobby is one of mine and Ally's best friends, we worked together for years until I got fired. He's like a brother to me.
"No, no, no" I said refusing to believe her.
"Austin, I'm sorry ok? He's my friend too! But his name on it-"
"Bobby walked you down the aisle Ally!"
"I know that! And I am heartbroken but I'm not gonna stand here with my head in the sand"
"I know where your head is Lee, and it's not in the sand"
I started looking around the car and climbed into it.
"What are you doing?" She said
"I'm gonna help you figure out who did this and prove Bobby innocent and show you what real loyalty is" I pointed at her.
From the outside of the car I heard her scoff and mutter.
"Yeah like you know what loyalty is"
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Ally POV
We spent the next half an hour looking through the SUV and found nothing. This guy left no trace of identity, no driver's licence, nothing.
"Jesus this guy was definitely running from something" I heard Austin say as I sat in the drivers seat.
"I found a Starbucks cup with the name Earl on it!" I said delighted I found something,
"That could be anyone's" he said
"Well it's more than you got!" I defended
"Well I got these" he said as he pulled out a set of golf clubs.
"So what? He golfs?"
"No he doesn't. These have never been used and they're a lefty, the guy who shot at us was a righty" he said as he inspected them, I saw a tag on the bag and I looked at it.
"Well if he doesn't golf then why is he a member at the Malton Country Club"
He looked down at me with a curious look in his eyes.
"That's a good question"
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We walked up to the country club and I stopped and faced him.
"Ok remember the plan, we want to become members so try act less 'you'"
"Why can't I just be me?" He said and I kind of felt bad.
"Well, you don't exactly scream country club", he scoffed at me when I said that and walked ahead of me. "We're married, and we're friends with Tom"
"Who's Tom?"
"There's always a Tom"
He smiled and said "very smart sweetheart"
"Thanks honey" I smiled up at him and linked my arm with his and walked up to the desk.
The woman behind the desk stopped to look at us. She was probably shocked as my hair was probably mess because I haven't showered in two days and Austin looked tired with a taser mark on his neck.
"Hi how can I help you?" She said dramatically with a big, fake smile.
"We would like to become members" I smiled back.
"We don't actually have space for members today" I looked at Austin and he raised his eyebrows knowing she was lying.
"We're friends with Tom" Austin said
"Tom...?" She asked looking for a last name.
"You know Tom" I said
"Everybody knows Tom" Austin said trying to convince her, "me and Tom worked together"
"Wait. You mean Tom Montgomery, he's a Carpet salesman" she said and I tried to hold in my laugh as that is the complete opposite of what Austin is.
"That's what I do" He said through his teeth.
"I'm a former model" I lied smiling, flicking my hair.
"Really? How long ago was that?" She said looking me up and down. My smile dropped and I heard Austin snicker beside me. "I will go find Tom for you, you guys just wait here" she smiled and walked away.
"Bitch" I said as Austin pulled me out the door and into the golf course.
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Austin POV
"So what do we do? split u-" I cut Ally off
"Memebers aren't going to know shit" I said, "there's only one type of person that know dirt about the members"
"Who?"
We walked up to a group of young boys in their uniforms.
"The caddies" I said turning to them. "Hey, do you guys know a guy named Earl?"
There was a chorus of "no"s and shaking their heads until one of the boys took off running.
"Where is he going?!" Ally exclaimed as we looked at each other confused as to what was happening. I shrugged and took off running after him. "Austin!" Ally called after me.
God this kid was fast. I chased him through the driving range. Bad idea. Nearly got my head chopped off by a golf ball. I started to get out of breathe as he picked up his pace.
I slowed down when I heard a voice beside me,
"Bit slow there, hotshot?" I saw Ally in a golf cart driving beside me.
"Kid has got like 10 years on me" I said slowing down.
"Get in"
"Only if I can drive"
"What? No!"
"You're a terrible driver"
"I'm not a terrible driver Austin! Get in!" She yelled and I gave up being too tired and hopped in.
"Where did he go?"
We looked around and saw the little shit helping people on a green. I pointed in that direction, "there"
Ally took off towards him and he started running again. "Step on it Ally!" I said pushing down on her leg.
"Austin! Austin! We're going too fast!" She screamed as we crashed into the lake along with the caddie. I jumped out and grabbed a hold of his collar.
"I don't know anything I swear!" He screamed
"Then why did you run?!" Ally yelled at him
"I was just scared" He lamely said, I rolled my eyes and pushed him under the water. He came back up with a big breathe, "ok! Ok! I don't know a lot about him, he lent me some money and told me if I told anyone he'd kill me! And..and.. he got me this!" He said opening his shirt, showing a tattoo.
"He got you a tattoo?" I said confused:
"He works at some tattoo place, blue ink!"
I looked at Ally and threw the guy back into the water.
"I forgot how sexy you look wet" I said squeezing her waist.
"Shut up" she pushed me into the water.
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