FIVE WILL GET YOU TWENTY (Food Truck Mysteries Book 9) Read Online Free PDF Page A

routine, which left me tingling all over.
    “How are you today?” Land asked, keeping an eye on me.
    I told him about Detective Danvers showing up at 5a.m., the scene with Sabine, and calling Carter and receiving no answer.
    Land shrugged. “I’m actually surprised that we don’t get more counterfeit bills, given that none of us check the bills as they come in. It’s more common than you might think.”
    I told him that I’d ordered enough markers for all the trucks and they would be here in the next day or so. I also told him that I’d be working with Carter for a few days until we fixed this issue.
    “You’re okay leaving Sabine with the truck by herself?” he asked, furrowing his brow. Land was of the firm opinion that she was not the type to be trusted with a major operation. When I’d first met her, she worked as a guard at the secured lot where we kept the trucks—and Land thought that position had taxed her level of commitment to a job. He shared a few stories of her irresponsibility, but the tales were years old and sounded more like teenaged hijinks rather than adult carelessness.
    “I’ll be at our truck until 9, then I’ll go over to the other truck and come back after lunch to help with clean up and counting the money. She’ll only have three to four hours by herself.”
    “But those hours are the lunch rush,” Land pointed out. “If she screws up, it could be a bad day for sales. I know you’d be upset with that.”
    I nodded. “But we have to come up with a back-up plan for operating all three trucks without us before the wedding. I want a few days off, and I’d rather not spend it selling hot dogs.”
    Land pulled me close again. “That sounds fantastic.” His lip brushed my ear and I shivered.
    “Who knows?” I added. “Maybe Danvers will come help her out.”
    He laughed. “You’re not going to let this go until I say something.” He took a breath. “Fine, Jax asked Sabine to move in with him, and my grandmother got wind of it. She can be very old-fashioned, and she put her foot down. No ring, no cohabitation. Jax balked at that, and Sabine had one of her famous fits. So now they’re not talking.”
    I looked up at him. “Thank you for telling me.”
    He leaned down to kiss me gently. “My pleasure.”
    “Did you know they were that serious? Moving in together is a huge step.” I wondered how Danvers would handle a relationship with his rules and schedule. It wouldn’t be easy. I’d known him to work all night when there was a big case that landed on his desk. He was always trying to get ahead and didn’t mind long hours to get that.
    “Yeah, I did. I tried to warn Sabine, but of course, she didn’t listen.” Land looked frustrated with his sister, wanting to spare her some of the heartaches that go with relationships. I knew that as much as he tried, there would always be trouble when two people came together.
    Land had warned me on several occasions not to trust Danvers at all, which seemed peculiar, since they were friends of a sort, but Land had been proved right on more than one occasion. Danvers could be friendly, but he was ruthless when it came to advancing his own career. The idea that Danvers wanted to look at the cash in the register was the type of thing that Land warned me about. He seemed to want to bust me for various offenses at times.
    He gave me another kiss and told me that I had to leave or help. I took the hint and headed back to my food truck. Sabine was nearly done cleaning the prep area.
    I sat down and counted the cash twice. I prepped the bag for deposit.
    “Detective Danvers called for you. He wants to see you at Taco Inferno as soon as you can make it.” Sabine said the man’s name with enough venom that it made me a tad nervous. She wasn’t the type to forgive or forget. Detecting crimes might be a bit more difficult after this.
    “What? When?” I asked. I looked at my phone. It was a little before two, and I’d hoped to close the