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guests requested sandwiches that day?”
    “It
was only three people. Porky, Monica, and Kat,” Karl recounted.
    “Did
you see who picked up the lunchboxes?” Babs asked.
    “Nope,”
Karl replied. “I made all the sandwiches and sliced up some apples, and I
packed a bag full of potato chips that I had made in the fryer that morning. For
dessert, I bagged a chocolate chip cookie that had cooled on the baking sheet. I
placed the boxes up on the services window and started cleaning up. I noticed
the lunchboxes were all picked up when I finished. I didn’t give it another
thought until I heard Kat run in from the lake.”
    “With
only three people, do you make specific lunchboxes for the guests?”
    “No,
I make the same lunch for everyone. It saves me a lot of time.”
    Babs
nodded. “And can you tell me what kind of sandwiches you put in the
lunchboxes?”
    Carolyn
sat on the edge of her seat. This was the moment of truth.
    Karl
didn’t blink. “They were turkey and stuffing sandwiches with cranberry sauce. I
like to include cranberry sauce with turkey. Turkey goes best with cranberry
sauce. Don’t you think?”
    “It
certainly does,” Babs nodded smiling. “All right, Karl. You’ll be released just
as soon as we process the paperwork. I’m sure your wife will be waiting to take
you home.”
    Carolyn
clapped her hands and wiped away her tears of joy. “Oh, Karl!”
    Karl
frowned at her. “Maybe I should get a motel room instead.”
    Babs spoke
up before Carolyn could answer.
    “Don’t
even think about it. Your wife is the reason you won’t be sharing a cell
anymore. She was the one who uncovered this discrepancy. I hope she holds this
over you head for a long time,” Babs smirked as she saw Karl’s mouth drop open.
    Karl
lowered his eyes. “I didn’t know that.”
    Carolyn
rushed to Karl, threw her arms around him and kissed the top of his head. “I
think a champagne dinner will make us even.”
    Karl’s
arms slid around her waist.
    “This
is very sweet but I still have a murderer on the loose,” Babs reminded them.
“I’m going to interview Phillip Sawyer right now. Karl won’t be released for a
few hours. Carolyn, why don’t you come with me? You can see your first case brought
to a successful conclusion.”
    Carolyn
glanced at Karl.
    “You
go ahead. I’ll be fine here,” Karl grinned.
    Carolyn
smiled at Babs. “I’d like to.”
    They
started out of the room, but Karl caught Carolyn by the hand and pulled her
back. “Thank you.”
    Carolyn
threw her arms around his neck. “It was my pleasure. I would do anything for
you, darling. You should know that by now.”
    Babs
turned and frowned. “What don’t you understand when I say, a murderer is on the
loose?”

Chapter 9
    Babs
parked outside the Sawyer B & B and looked around. “It doesn’t look like
much, does it?”
    Carolyn
surveyed the B & B, too. “It looks like Phillip has seen better years.”
    “It
looks like he’s seen better decades, you mean,” Babs countered. “There is peeling
paint everywhere, and a broken window pane on the second floor. Is that grass
growing out of the gutters? Who would stay at a place like this?”
    “Before
that nasty headline Phillip wrote, I didn’t know this place existed,” Carolyn
remarked, “I think this is the one time I would agreed with Porky. This place
is a disaster.”
    “He
probably poisoned the lunchboxes so that The Heights would be shut down and
bring his B & B more customers,” Babs added. “He would get revenge on Porky
and frame the competition.”
    “He
picked the wrong family to go after,” Carolyn insisted.
    “I
agree. Let’s go inside,” Babs chuckled as she led Carolyn up the B & B
steps. “The sooner we get that scumbag Phillip behind bars, the better I’ll
sleep tonight.”
    As
Babs opened the reception office door, it scraped on its hinges when they went
inside. There was no one to greet them at the front desk. They rang the bell on
the counter, but no