4 Ghost of a Gamble by Sue Ann Jaffarian

Author:Sue Ann Jaffarian
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN •

RETURNING from his hallway discussion with Emma, Foster announced, “We seem to have a lead on Ms. Meskiel.”

Everyone turned to look at him with surprise, even Milo. He knew Granny had found out something, but he was startled that Emma had disclosed it to the detective.

“We have a source.” Foster told everyone. He paused to look at Emma a second. “We have a source that believes she is in a mobile home in the desert.”

“A source?” questioned Garby. “Did someone call you, John?”

“No,” Foster answered his partner. “Emma here has received information from . . . well, in her own way . . . and I feel it’s worth checking out.”

Garby looked at Foster and shook his head. “You’re really going to listen to that mumbo jumbo?”

“For now, yes. We don’t have anything else to go on at the moment.”

“Well, while you were in the back ghost hunting, I got a call on the old lady’s car.” Garby shot a look at Milo, who was staring at him with indignation. “I mean Ms. Meskiel’s car. It was found abandoned off of Red Rock Canyon Road. They’re combing the area now for any signs of the woman.”

“Oh boy,” exclaimed Granny, who was hovering by Milo. “I wonder if it’s like on TV. I’d love to meet that hunk Stokes.”

Milo, usually patient with Granny, rolled his tired eyes at her comment. Detective Garby, misreading the gesture, told him, “I’m sorry, Mr. Ravenscroft. I meant no disrespect.”

Rather than clarify his gesture, Milo just nodded at the cop. Granny, however, did catch Milo’s intent and took off to reconnect with Dolly.

For nearly an hour and a half, Emma and Quinn filled the detectives in on what information Granny had provided and on Quinn’s visit to Laura Crawford’s wagon, as well as every detail Milo and Emma could remember of the conversations with the ghosts of Nemo and Lenny. They each went over their stories, answering question after question posed by Foster and the still skeptical Garby.

“I think we have enough now,” announced Foster. “Mr. Ravenscroft provided us with a few recent photos of his mother. We’ll have these circulated, as well as look into mobile homes in remote places.”

“Which will be like locating a needle in a haystack out here,” commented Garby, not looking too thrilled by the prospect.

Tracy still didn’t look happy. “Are you looking for Dolly as a missing or abducted person, or as a suspect in Nemo’s death?”

“Ms. Meskiel,” answered Garby, “is still a person of interest in Mr. Moorehouse’s demise.”

“But we’ll also be taking into account everything you folks told us today,” added Foster, “about her possible abduction and whereabouts.”

“True,” said Garby with some reluctance. “Considering where her car was found, there is no way an elderly woman could have left it there and walked somewhere on her own. She either had a ride back from the location or someone took the car and left it there.”

“In other words,” said Quinn, piecing together the detective’s meaning, “she either had help in the crime you allege she might have committed or was abducted as we think.

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