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little unsteady as he poured two glasses of wine.
“This smells delicious,” he said leaning over the salmon and inhaling deeply. She saw his eyes cut to the glass topped pie stand on the counter. “Is that a coconut cream pie?”
Lexy beamed. “Yes, I made it for you today at the bakery.” Coconut cream was his favorite—if anything could get him to open up about the investigation, it was a coconut cream pie.
Lexy deftly cut the salmon, buttered the potatoes, and divided the broccoli between two plates, then set them on the table. Jack pulled out Lexy’s chair and they sat opposite each other to eat.
Lexy felt light-headed as she sipped her wine. She wondered if she should have eaten before starting in on the wine, but the alcohol gave her the extra courage she needed to start the conversation about the investigation.
“So, did you find out anything about the murder at the retirement center?” she ventured.
“What?” Jack looked up at her with a blank stare, making it clear his thoughts were off somewhere else.
“I was asking about the murder at the retirement center … did you find any clues?”
“Oh.” Jack wrinkled his brow. “Not really. We’re looking into the usual suspects--family and people at the retirement center, but we don’t have anything concrete.”
“Do you think there’s anything in common with the other people who died?”
“We haven’t looked into the other people because we don’t know for sure that they were murdered.”
Lexy stabbed a spear of broccoli with her fork and raised an eyebrow at him. “But if they were …”
“If they were, the only thing they have in common that I know of is that they were in the nursing care section.”
Lexy sighed and nibbled off a teensy piece of the broccoli. “Maybe the reason they were in nursing care is what they have in common.”
Jack pushed his salmon around. “You might not be too far off. I have a gut feeling that the deaths have something to do with the drug ring investigation I’m in the middle of.”
Lexy’s eyes went wide. “You think the drugs might be coming from the retirement center?”
Jack shrugged. “Maybe.” He went back to pushing his food around on his plate. Lexy realized that he hadn’t eaten much. Her stomach felt hollow, and not just from the lack of food … something seemed off with Jack.
“Is everything okay?” she asked.
Jack’s fork clattered onto the plate and and he fumbled with picking it up again. Was that sweat on his brow? Lexy’s heart seized with dread—something was wrong.
“Lexy, I have something to say.”
A wave of dizziness swept over her at the serious look on his face. Was he breaking up with her? Because she kept getting involved in these investigations? Her mind went back to the kiss they had shared when he first came in. Surely he wouldn’t kiss her like that if he was going to dump her?
The room started to swim before her eyes with the combination of nervousness and lack of food. Jack must have dropped something on the floor because she saw him get down on his knees to retrieve it. Lexy looked down at the floor to see what it was and the next thing she knew the floor was rushing up to meet her in the face.
Then everything went black.
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Lexy opened her eyes to see Sprinkles looking down at her from an impossible angle. How could the dog be above her? The only way that could happen was if she were laying down, which judging by the hard floor pressed against her back, she probably was.
“Lexy, are you okay?” She heard Jack’s voice.
She took a mental inventory of her body. “Yes, I think so. What happened?” She asked, bringing her arms up to fend off the barrage of kisses that Sprinkles bathed her face with.
“I think you passed out. Did you eat anything today?”
“I had an omelet this morning.”
“Jesus, Lexy, that’s not enough.” Jack pulled her up from the floor, brushed off her backside, then put his hands on her upper arms,
“This smells delicious,” he said leaning over the salmon and inhaling deeply. She saw his eyes cut to the glass topped pie stand on the counter. “Is that a coconut cream pie?”
Lexy beamed. “Yes, I made it for you today at the bakery.” Coconut cream was his favorite—if anything could get him to open up about the investigation, it was a coconut cream pie.
Lexy deftly cut the salmon, buttered the potatoes, and divided the broccoli between two plates, then set them on the table. Jack pulled out Lexy’s chair and they sat opposite each other to eat.
Lexy felt light-headed as she sipped her wine. She wondered if she should have eaten before starting in on the wine, but the alcohol gave her the extra courage she needed to start the conversation about the investigation.
“So, did you find out anything about the murder at the retirement center?” she ventured.
“What?” Jack looked up at her with a blank stare, making it clear his thoughts were off somewhere else.
“I was asking about the murder at the retirement center … did you find any clues?”
“Oh.” Jack wrinkled his brow. “Not really. We’re looking into the usual suspects--family and people at the retirement center, but we don’t have anything concrete.”
“Do you think there’s anything in common with the other people who died?”
“We haven’t looked into the other people because we don’t know for sure that they were murdered.”
Lexy stabbed a spear of broccoli with her fork and raised an eyebrow at him. “But if they were …”
“If they were, the only thing they have in common that I know of is that they were in the nursing care section.”
Lexy sighed and nibbled off a teensy piece of the broccoli. “Maybe the reason they were in nursing care is what they have in common.”
Jack pushed his salmon around. “You might not be too far off. I have a gut feeling that the deaths have something to do with the drug ring investigation I’m in the middle of.”
Lexy’s eyes went wide. “You think the drugs might be coming from the retirement center?”
Jack shrugged. “Maybe.” He went back to pushing his food around on his plate. Lexy realized that he hadn’t eaten much. Her stomach felt hollow, and not just from the lack of food … something seemed off with Jack.
“Is everything okay?” she asked.
Jack’s fork clattered onto the plate and and he fumbled with picking it up again. Was that sweat on his brow? Lexy’s heart seized with dread—something was wrong.
“Lexy, I have something to say.”
A wave of dizziness swept over her at the serious look on his face. Was he breaking up with her? Because she kept getting involved in these investigations? Her mind went back to the kiss they had shared when he first came in. Surely he wouldn’t kiss her like that if he was going to dump her?
The room started to swim before her eyes with the combination of nervousness and lack of food. Jack must have dropped something on the floor because she saw him get down on his knees to retrieve it. Lexy looked down at the floor to see what it was and the next thing she knew the floor was rushing up to meet her in the face.
Then everything went black.
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Lexy opened her eyes to see Sprinkles looking down at her from an impossible angle. How could the dog be above her? The only way that could happen was if she were laying down, which judging by the hard floor pressed against her back, she probably was.
“Lexy, are you okay?” She heard Jack’s voice.
She took a mental inventory of her body. “Yes, I think so. What happened?” She asked, bringing her arms up to fend off the barrage of kisses that Sprinkles bathed her face with.
“I think you passed out. Did you eat anything today?”
“I had an omelet this morning.”
“Jesus, Lexy, that’s not enough.” Jack pulled her up from the floor, brushed off her backside, then put his hands on her upper arms,
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