1 Broken Hearted Ghoul by Joyce Lavene; Jim Lavene

Author:Joyce Lavene; Jim Lavene [Lavene, Joyce Lavene; Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Paranormal Mystery
Publisher: J. Lavene
Published: 2014-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Addie disappeared. I sat in front of the fire for a long time.

The more I thought about what Lucas had said, the more I knew I had to ask Abe about Mary Gable.

Why would his ex-wife call in about Mr. Welk’s death? Had she been the one who called about Martin?

Was she the one who killed them?

I felt like a pendulum, swinging from side to side. I reminded myself that this was the way an investigation was supposed to be. Lucas was a logical suspect because of the timeframe. Mary had known about Mr. Welk before anyone else.

The gold wedding ring made me lean toward Mary as a suspect. The ring, and the placement of the man on the sofa, seemed feminine to me. There was also the wine bottle and glasses.

It made sense that Mary could want to get back at Abe if they were divorced or separated. I’d never heard anyone mention her name before. Did anyone else even know about her?

I decided that there was no time like the present, and went to find Addie to let her know that I was leaving for a while.

She was in Jacob’s room, looking over my files and charts on the wall in the closet. I knew she had been in there before. I didn’t care since what I was working on affected her too. It had taken a terrible toll on Addie to lose her only child.

“I don’t see anything new in here.”

“I know. It’s hard to get anything done with no resources.”

“You’re so busy gallivanting around, you don’t have time to look for your husband’s killer.”

I curbed my temper. “I’m going out. I’ll be back before Kate gets up.”

“Good. See that you are.”

From the moment I’d met Addie, she’d given me grief. She hadn’t wanted Jacob to marry me—or anyone else—though she’d badly wanted grandchildren. I had tried for Jacob’s sake to get along with her. It had never been easy, especially after we’d moved in with her.

“Do you always have to sound that way?”

“What way?” She blinked. “Did I sound different than usual?”

“When my twenty years is up, and Kate doesn’t need either of us anymore, I’m going to come over there and kick your ass. I’ve wanted to since I met you.”

She smiled. “Come on then. Better women than you have tried.”

“We’ll see about that. I’ll be back.”

“Just one question before you go.” She stared hard at me. “Did you love Jacob? I know he loved you. I could never tell with you.”

I didn’t have to think about it to answer. “Yes. I loved him. Is that important now?”

“It is to me.”

“All right.” I took out my keys. “I’ll see you later.”

I went out to the van. The cold night made everything quiet around me, except an owl hooting under the eaves. There was no traffic going past the old inn. In Nashville, the nightlife would still be going strong, but out here, families were asleep.

I thought about Lucas one more time, wondering where he was.

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