Illusions (Night Roamers) Book Four by Kristen Middleton Read Free Book Online

calling and leaving Sonny messages, but not getting any calls back.”
    Nathan scowled. “Randy actually complained to you about it?”
    She put her hands on her hips. “Not just to me, to everyone. He was three sheets to the wind, and spouting off a bunch of crap about Sonny to everyone in the diner, one night, after the bar closed. Anyway, I haven’t seen him around since. Was probably pretty embarrassed the next day, I reckon.”
    “ Duncan and I did end up replacing the prop on his boat about a week ago. It had been on backorder. Anyway, he has his boat back, so he shouldn’t be complaining anymore.”
    “ That’s good. Hey, when you find out where Sonny is, let me know. I get a lot of customers in here asking about him, and I don’t know exactly what to say. I’ve never known him to disappear like this without a word.” She sighed. “We miss seeing him.”
    “ Yeah, we do, too,” said Nathan, looking away.
    I knew Nathan had gotten close to Sonny during the summer. He’d taught him a lot about boats and had even given him advice about women, which he’d pretty much ignored, but I knew still appreciated.
    “We’ll let you know if we find out anything,” I said, glancing outside. The snow was coming down even harder, and Nathan’s sporty car wasn’t exactly the ideal winter ride. “We should really get going, Nathan.”
    He pulled his keys out of his black chinos. “Yep. Have a good night, Marilyn.”
    “You both have a good night, too. And be careful out there, the roads are pretty slippery.”
    “We will. Thanks ,” I replied as we walked out of the diner.
    “So, wha t exactly is Duncan telling everyone about Sonny?” I asked. I hadn’t really talked to him about it. The fact was, we didn’t do very much talking when we were alone. Our mouths were usually busy doing other things.
    “I’m not exactly sure. I think he may have mentioned something about Sonny visiting his grandmother to someone over the phone.”
    “ Well, eventually he’s going to have to do something about the marina,” I replied. “Maybe even sell it.”
    “ Probably. Unless he can find someone to run it during the day.”
    “ Honestly, he probably could still keep it running. From what he’s told me, he knows almost as much as Sonny about fixing boats. He’d just have to try and avoid the sun as much as possible,” I replied, as we got into the car.
    “Not easy when yo u run a boat marina. But, if we decided to stick around Shore Lake, I think between the three of us and the other two mechanics, we could keep Sonny’s Marina afloat.”
    “You’d have to hire someone for the bookkeeping.”
    “What about you?”
    My eyes widened. “I don’t know anything about accounting or running a business. You’ll need to hire an office manager or something.”
    “ Yeah, I guess you’re right. In any case, we should talk to Duncan about it.” He frowned. “If we can find him.”
    My face darkened. “Don’t say that. We will find him.”
    He pulled out of the parking lot, turning left, and we slid precariously toward another oncoming car. “Dammit,” he snapped, quickly straightening the car out. “This baby sucks in the snow.”
    “Maybe you should trade it in for a truck or something,” I replied, holding onto the dashboard. 
    He turned on the windshield wipers. “Hell no. You know how I feel about my car. I might have to buy me some Blizzaks though.”
    “What’s that?” I asked, gritting my teeth as he attempt to stop at a stop sign and failed miserably. Luckily, there was nobody going the opposite way, or we’d have been kissing someone’s bumper.
    “They’re winter tires. I just don’t have the extra money for them right now.”
    “Maybe Duncan will loan you some.”
    “Or maybe I’ll just see if he’ll let me use one of the work trucks now that the snow is here.”
    “ I’m sure he would.”
    Nathan turned on his iPod and Imagine Dragons began singing about demons. I closed my eyes as I