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others though.”
“Do you have a suspect?”
“I just got here. Haven’t even had a chance to properly look at the scene.”
“We have a couple of suspects if you want to know what we’ve found,” Nans offered.
Jack narrowed his eyes at her. “How did you girls get down here so fast, anyway?”
“My boyfriend, Norman, is here with the gout and I happened to be visiting and heard the commotion.” Ida nodded toward Norman, still asleep in the bed.
Jack raised an eyebrow at Nans, Ruth and Helen.
“Ida called us and we came right away,” Nans said.
“And you, Lexy?” Lexy felt her stomach flutter as Jack directed his gaze toward her.
“I just happened to be visiting Nans.” She shrugged.
“Okay, well I have to get to work, but I want you ladies to be very careful. I have a hunch about this case and, if I’m right, we could be dealing with someone desperately dangerous.” Jack’s face was grim as he looked at each of them. “I don’t want any of you to get hurt.”
He bent down and kissed Lexy’s forehead. “And that goes double for you,” he said, then strode out of the room.
Chapter Fourteen
Lexy’s stomach groaned, her mouth watered as Nans set the spinach omelet in front of her.
“Eat this dear, it will give you some energy.”
She dug into the egg before Nans even finished the sentence. She ate ravenously, stopping only long enough to jab at her eye which was still twitching.
Helen sat across from her, watching her eat. “You know I can stop that twitching with some simple hypnosis.”
“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about that … it is pretty annoying, but I’m not sure I believe in hypnosis.”
“Nonsense. I hypnotized you before, remember?”
It was true. When Lexy had stumbled across the body of a client, Helen had hypnotized her to remember the details of the crime scene. It had been easy and painless.
“Well, it would be nice to get rid of the twitch.” Lexy narrowed her eyes at Helen. “No funny stuff, though.”
“Of course not, I never do anything like that, right girls.” Helen looked back at Nans and Ruth, who were listening while putting the pictures from the camera glasses up on the computer.
Nans and Ruth mumbled in agreement, then the pictures flashed on the screen and captured everyone’s attention.
Lexy polished off the omelet, put her dish in the sink and joined them over at the computer. The pictures didn’t reveal much. The body, the disarray of the bedding and a few personal items on the bedside table.
“I don’t see any clues in there,” Lexy said.
“Me either,” Nans replied. “Anyone else see anything?”
Ruth and Helen shook their heads.
“Maybe once we have time to think about it, something will stand out,” Nans made her way over to the coffee machine and poured coffee for everyone.
Lexy took hers gratefully, the mug warming her hands. She breathed in the welcoming, bittersweet aroma of the coffee and took a sip.
“Ahhh…,” she said, poking at her eye.
“Okay, now to take care of that eye twitch.” Ruth pulled a chair up beside her, took her hand and started to murmur soothing words. Lexy felt relaxed and almost laughed thinking that her eyelids really were getting heavy.
The next thing she knew, she was putting down her cup of coffee amidst laughter from the three women on the other side of the table.
Lexy felt her cheeks grow warm. “What are you laughing at?”
“Oh nothing dear. You shouldn’t be bothered by that eye twitch ever again,” Ruth said, patting her knee.
“Thanks.” Lexy rubbed at her eye. It had stopped twitching, which was good, but what was up with all the laughing?
Nans turned to look at the pictures on the computer screen. “Now that the police believe us, maybe we’ll be able to solve this faster.”
“Lexy, I assume you’ll be seeing Jack tonight?” Ruth raised an eyebrow at her.
“I’m not sure, maybe.”
“You should make it a point to. Find out what he knows about the
“Do you have a suspect?”
“I just got here. Haven’t even had a chance to properly look at the scene.”
“We have a couple of suspects if you want to know what we’ve found,” Nans offered.
Jack narrowed his eyes at her. “How did you girls get down here so fast, anyway?”
“My boyfriend, Norman, is here with the gout and I happened to be visiting and heard the commotion.” Ida nodded toward Norman, still asleep in the bed.
Jack raised an eyebrow at Nans, Ruth and Helen.
“Ida called us and we came right away,” Nans said.
“And you, Lexy?” Lexy felt her stomach flutter as Jack directed his gaze toward her.
“I just happened to be visiting Nans.” She shrugged.
“Okay, well I have to get to work, but I want you ladies to be very careful. I have a hunch about this case and, if I’m right, we could be dealing with someone desperately dangerous.” Jack’s face was grim as he looked at each of them. “I don’t want any of you to get hurt.”
He bent down and kissed Lexy’s forehead. “And that goes double for you,” he said, then strode out of the room.
Chapter Fourteen
Lexy’s stomach groaned, her mouth watered as Nans set the spinach omelet in front of her.
“Eat this dear, it will give you some energy.”
She dug into the egg before Nans even finished the sentence. She ate ravenously, stopping only long enough to jab at her eye which was still twitching.
Helen sat across from her, watching her eat. “You know I can stop that twitching with some simple hypnosis.”
“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about that … it is pretty annoying, but I’m not sure I believe in hypnosis.”
“Nonsense. I hypnotized you before, remember?”
It was true. When Lexy had stumbled across the body of a client, Helen had hypnotized her to remember the details of the crime scene. It had been easy and painless.
“Well, it would be nice to get rid of the twitch.” Lexy narrowed her eyes at Helen. “No funny stuff, though.”
“Of course not, I never do anything like that, right girls.” Helen looked back at Nans and Ruth, who were listening while putting the pictures from the camera glasses up on the computer.
Nans and Ruth mumbled in agreement, then the pictures flashed on the screen and captured everyone’s attention.
Lexy polished off the omelet, put her dish in the sink and joined them over at the computer. The pictures didn’t reveal much. The body, the disarray of the bedding and a few personal items on the bedside table.
“I don’t see any clues in there,” Lexy said.
“Me either,” Nans replied. “Anyone else see anything?”
Ruth and Helen shook their heads.
“Maybe once we have time to think about it, something will stand out,” Nans made her way over to the coffee machine and poured coffee for everyone.
Lexy took hers gratefully, the mug warming her hands. She breathed in the welcoming, bittersweet aroma of the coffee and took a sip.
“Ahhh…,” she said, poking at her eye.
“Okay, now to take care of that eye twitch.” Ruth pulled a chair up beside her, took her hand and started to murmur soothing words. Lexy felt relaxed and almost laughed thinking that her eyelids really were getting heavy.
The next thing she knew, she was putting down her cup of coffee amidst laughter from the three women on the other side of the table.
Lexy felt her cheeks grow warm. “What are you laughing at?”
“Oh nothing dear. You shouldn’t be bothered by that eye twitch ever again,” Ruth said, patting her knee.
“Thanks.” Lexy rubbed at her eye. It had stopped twitching, which was good, but what was up with all the laughing?
Nans turned to look at the pictures on the computer screen. “Now that the police believe us, maybe we’ll be able to solve this faster.”
“Lexy, I assume you’ll be seeing Jack tonight?” Ruth raised an eyebrow at her.
“I’m not sure, maybe.”
“You should make it a point to. Find out what he knows about the
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