Fry Another Day

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Miss Chase just told us. We have a fine detective who was found dead as he was investigating that death. We know Detective McSwain wasn’t
accidentally
struck by a vehicle. And we have your business card in his coat pocket, Miss Chase. How do you think all those things go together?”
    I started to speak. Miguel put his hand on mine.
    â€œMiss Chase isn’t a police officer. She doesn’t have any idea how those things go together.”
    â€œOkay.” Detective Marsh tried a new approach. “Why was your business card the
only
one Detective McSwain took from all the food truck drivers that were here in Charlotte?”
    I started to speak again. Again Miguel said I shouldn’t answer.
    â€œYou did your part,” he argued. “Let them do their jobs.”
    â€“ – – – – – –
    An hour later, Miguel and I were walking out of the police station. The police had asked a lot of the same questions over and over. I only had the same answers. Eventually I guess they got tired of my answers, but there was nothing they could charge me with so they let me go.
    â€œSo you think it’s okay to go to Columbia now?” I asked him.
    â€œYes. I think you were very clear on what you had to say.” He squeezed my hand. “Good job, Zoe.”
    â€œThanks. I hope they didn’t think I had anything to do with it. Reggie was obnoxious, but I wouldn’t have killed him—although Ollie said he would have.”
    â€œI’m glad you
didn’t
say that.” Miguel smiled as he opened the car door for me. “The police didn’t suspect you of anything. They were just trying to get an idea on what occurred here. You happened to be part of that.”
    I had ten calls from Uncle Saul on my phone. He kept asking where we were and how close we were to Columbia. I suppose we would’ve already been there without the police detour.
    After I talked to him, I turned to Miguel. He was intently staring at the interstate highway again.
    â€œDo you think Detective McSwain was killed because he was investigating what I told him?”
    â€œI think we should leave it alone, Zoe. We don’t want to be involved in this any further.”
    â€œI kind of feel responsible, if that’s what happened.”
    â€œThe police will take care of it. It might not be safe for you to walk around asking questions, in case Alex is involved with what happened. You don’t want to end up like Reggie.”
    I looked out of the side window, watching the landscape change from big city to rolling hills and small communities. Charlotte was a nice place, although my memory of it might be colored by the two deaths that had just occurred there.
    I had a lot of questions that Miguel didn’t want me to ask. I was a little afraid to ask them, too.
    Not only because someone might kill me, but with Alex involved, I could be kicked out of the race.
    I was happy to see the signs for Columbia. I hadn’t exactly been up for initiating another conversation like the one we’d had before as we were leaving Charlotte. I was worried about Reggie and Alex, and Detective McSwain. The food truck race had suddenly become even more stressful.
    Columbia was a clean city, smaller than Charlotte. It was also warmer and more humid. I had the GPS coordinates in my phone for the hotel we were staying at. Miguel’s Mercedes was a little too old to have GPS built in, even though it was in immaculate condition.
    â€œPull off on this exit,” I told him. “It looks like the hotel is close to downtown this time.” In Charlotte, the hotel had been outside the city.
    â€œWhat are you doing about Crème Brûlée tonight?” he asked.
    He was asking because I’d had to sneak my cat into the hotel last night. The hotel wasn’t pet friendly. I’d already looked up the hotel in Columbia. It wasn’t pet friendly, either.
    I had to leave the

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