Todos los capítulos de THE HOUSE KEEPER : Capítulo 71 - Capítulo 75

Zoe's POV"Turn around. Hands on the wall. Feet apart."Zoe did what she was told. The wall was cold and painted a dirty yellow. Her bandaged palms hurt as they touched the concrete. Behind her, a heavy woman in a gray uniform pulled on a pair of rubber gloves. The sound was sharp, almost like a slap."You know the drill," the woman said. Her badge read REYES. "Or maybe you don't. Fancy lady like you.""I'm not a fancy lady.""You're on the news, sweetheart. 'The Housekeeper and the Heir.'" Reyes searched her roughly, pressing hard against her ribs, hips, and ankles. "Big-shot billionaire's girl. Now you get to see how the rest of us live."Zoe kept quiet. She had learned a long time ago that some people were looking for a fight, and the best thing to do was give them nothing to use against her."Empty your pockets.""I don't have any.""Then take off your shoes."Zoe took them off. Her bare feet touched the freezing floor.They took her fingerprints, one thumb at a time, pressing eac

Zoe's POVThe transfer van smelled like sweat, cigarette smoke, and old vomit.Zoe sat on a hard metal bench fixed to the floor. Her wrists were cuffed behind her back, and her shoulders were beginning to ache from being held in the same position for so long.The only light inside the van came through a narrow piece of wire-covered glass in the door. Through it, she could see pieces of the city rushing past.A steel mesh wall separated her from the front seat.Two men sat there with their backs to her.Zoe kept her eyes on the road.She counted every turn.Left at the corner.Right at the traffic light.Straight past the large bridge.She frowned.This was not the road to Rikers Island.She knew that road.Julian had explained it to her once, during a long argument about what would happen if either of them ever got arrested.The Queens bridge, he had said.Then the causeway.She had teased him for always planning for the worst.Now she was living through exactly that.The man in the p

Zoe's POVSomeone had wrapped Zoe in three blankets and a silver foil sheet, but she was still shaking.She sat on the edge of an ambulance bumper with her feet inside a plastic bucket of warm water. She held a cup of hot tea between both hands.Her hair was drying in stiff, salty strands.Her orange jumpsuit had been cut off and replaced with hospital scrubs that were at least three sizes too big.Her wrists were finally free, but red marks circled them where the cuffs had been."Drink," the paramedic said. "All of it.""It's really hot.""That's the idea."Zoe took a careful sip.It tasted like sugar, lemon, and something close to heaven.She closed her eyes for a moment.The pier was bright with lights now.Police cars surrounded the lot, their red and blue lights spinning across the wet ground. Yellow police tape moved in the cold wind.Kenny sat in the back of an open police car with a blanket around his shoulders. He was giving his statement to Kowalski.Boyle was lying on a str