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Authors: Emily Page
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women Sleuths, Mystery, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Animals, cozy, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages)
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about her personally.”
“So you don’t know if she was seeing anyone?”
“A boyfriend? Haven’t got a clue. Why is that important?”
“It may not be,” said Georgia with a sigh. Then, on a hunch, she said hesitantly, “What did Bruce think of her?”
“Oh, he was real fond of her,” said Bill with a small chuckle, looking down at Mittens as he petted her. “I think she may have been changing his opinions about women in the work force. Plus, ole Bruce always did appreciate a beautiful woman. He was always saying she had the hair of an angel and legs that wouldn’t quit.”
“He had a thing for her? Was it mutual?”
Bill gave Georgia a hard look. “Now, Georgia, you’ve got to quit that,” he said. “That was just Bruce. He was a flirt. It was his nature. It doesn’t mean he acted on every little attraction he had. He loved his wife! Told me so all the time. Quit going down that road.”
Georgia bit her tongue and said, “All right, Dad. Sorry I asked.” But under her breath she said, “The clues keep taking me down that road.”
Chapter 9
S he sat with her father in silence for a few minutes, facts and clues swirling in her head.
“I need to make a phone call,” she told Bill.
She retreated once again to her father’s bedroom and called Chief Harris on the personal number he’d given her a few days before. She felt a little awkward about it.
“Georgia, what a pleasant surprise,” said Cooper.
“I would have called the office, but I assumed you’d be at home by now.”
“That’s what I gave you the number for.”
“Right,” said Georgia, hating the awkwardness in her voice. “I’ve got quite a bit to tell you.”
She launched into the story about her conversation with Cynthia, her suspicion that Cynthia had indeed had an affair with Bruce but was still smitten, her conclusion that Victoria would have the most motive if she’d found out, Ryan’s discovery that Cynthia and Delia had lied about knowing each other, and her latest conversation with her father.
“What do you make of it all?” she said, a little out of breath.
“I think Ryan could be onto something about Delia hiring her secret boyfriend to get Bruce out of the way so she could get his job,” said Cooper. “If Bruce had a thing for Delia, it would be easier for her to let her boyfriend get close to Bruce. But none of this explains her alibi. We need to question all three of them again and see if any of them left the bar for any amount of time. If we find out one woman went missing for a bit that night, I think we will have found our killer.”
“Can I tag along for the interviews?”
“Sure. We’ll get started tomorrow,” said Cooper.
“Great! Thanks Ch—Cooper. Got to run. I’ll—”
“Wait!” Cooper cleared his throat. “Uh, Georgia, maybe tomorrow, after the interviews…”
Georgia felt a slight flutter in her stomach. It had been a long time since she’d been asked out on a date.
“Maybe you’d want to get dinner with me,” said Cooper, and Georgia was flattered to hear the nervous hope in his voice. “I know a really great Italian place in the next town over.”
Georgia bit her lip, hesitating. Was it really a good idea to go on a date with the Port Grace police chief she was casually working with? She would be returning to New York as soon as she found a new manager. Why start something if it couldn’t last?
Because I need to have some fun, she thought.
“What time should I be ready?”
----
G eorgia woke up in her father’s spare bedroom with a slight hangover from a great night with Ryan and her father: watching the Godfather , eating pizza, and talking about anything and everything. She figured she must have fallen asleep downstairs on the couch, because the last thing she remembered was having a ludicrous argument with Ryan about the differences between turtles and tortoises. Ryan must have carried her up here, because her father couldn’t do that anymore. The
“So you don’t know if she was seeing anyone?”
“A boyfriend? Haven’t got a clue. Why is that important?”
“It may not be,” said Georgia with a sigh. Then, on a hunch, she said hesitantly, “What did Bruce think of her?”
“Oh, he was real fond of her,” said Bill with a small chuckle, looking down at Mittens as he petted her. “I think she may have been changing his opinions about women in the work force. Plus, ole Bruce always did appreciate a beautiful woman. He was always saying she had the hair of an angel and legs that wouldn’t quit.”
“He had a thing for her? Was it mutual?”
Bill gave Georgia a hard look. “Now, Georgia, you’ve got to quit that,” he said. “That was just Bruce. He was a flirt. It was his nature. It doesn’t mean he acted on every little attraction he had. He loved his wife! Told me so all the time. Quit going down that road.”
Georgia bit her tongue and said, “All right, Dad. Sorry I asked.” But under her breath she said, “The clues keep taking me down that road.”
Chapter 9
S he sat with her father in silence for a few minutes, facts and clues swirling in her head.
“I need to make a phone call,” she told Bill.
She retreated once again to her father’s bedroom and called Chief Harris on the personal number he’d given her a few days before. She felt a little awkward about it.
“Georgia, what a pleasant surprise,” said Cooper.
“I would have called the office, but I assumed you’d be at home by now.”
“That’s what I gave you the number for.”
“Right,” said Georgia, hating the awkwardness in her voice. “I’ve got quite a bit to tell you.”
She launched into the story about her conversation with Cynthia, her suspicion that Cynthia had indeed had an affair with Bruce but was still smitten, her conclusion that Victoria would have the most motive if she’d found out, Ryan’s discovery that Cynthia and Delia had lied about knowing each other, and her latest conversation with her father.
“What do you make of it all?” she said, a little out of breath.
“I think Ryan could be onto something about Delia hiring her secret boyfriend to get Bruce out of the way so she could get his job,” said Cooper. “If Bruce had a thing for Delia, it would be easier for her to let her boyfriend get close to Bruce. But none of this explains her alibi. We need to question all three of them again and see if any of them left the bar for any amount of time. If we find out one woman went missing for a bit that night, I think we will have found our killer.”
“Can I tag along for the interviews?”
“Sure. We’ll get started tomorrow,” said Cooper.
“Great! Thanks Ch—Cooper. Got to run. I’ll—”
“Wait!” Cooper cleared his throat. “Uh, Georgia, maybe tomorrow, after the interviews…”
Georgia felt a slight flutter in her stomach. It had been a long time since she’d been asked out on a date.
“Maybe you’d want to get dinner with me,” said Cooper, and Georgia was flattered to hear the nervous hope in his voice. “I know a really great Italian place in the next town over.”
Georgia bit her lip, hesitating. Was it really a good idea to go on a date with the Port Grace police chief she was casually working with? She would be returning to New York as soon as she found a new manager. Why start something if it couldn’t last?
Because I need to have some fun, she thought.
“What time should I be ready?”
----
G eorgia woke up in her father’s spare bedroom with a slight hangover from a great night with Ryan and her father: watching the Godfather , eating pizza, and talking about anything and everything. She figured she must have fallen asleep downstairs on the couch, because the last thing she remembered was having a ludicrous argument with Ryan about the differences between turtles and tortoises. Ryan must have carried her up here, because her father couldn’t do that anymore. The
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