A Deadly Discovery by J. C. Kenney

Author:J. C. Kenney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Publisher: Beyond the Page
Published: 2020-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

I completed the ride home without breaking my pedaling cadence as I rolled past the accident site. I leaned my bike against the wall outside my apartment door, and all of a sudden it was like my lungs were able to fully expand for the first time in ages. My eyes even teared up. Evidently kissing the pavement had shaken me up more emotionally than I’d realized.

“Hey, girl. I’m home,” I said once I was in the apartment. “In the ISO 9000 category, it’s been one day since your mama’s last cycling wreck.”

The reference to manufacturing safety was lost on my cat, who was an expert on leisure. She gave me a little meh and went to her food bowl and stared at me. It was her classic maneuver. She was waiting for me to make what she knew was the right decision. In this case, the right decision was to give her a reward in celebration of completing my trip intact.

“Fine. You win.” I scratched her spine as I shook a few treats onto her dining mat. She closed her eyes and started licking at the air as my fingers gently rubbed her shoulder blades. A few seconds later, she started purring.

The mini-motorboat sound made me smile. Some say that a cat’s purr helps heal injuries in both felines and humans. I didn’t know if I bought that story. What I did know was that Ursi’s purring made me smile and feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

That was healing enough for me.

To make sure I didn’t forget any details from my excursion, I copied the notes I’d taken on my phone into my case notebook. I also added some facts, and a few questions, to my time line. With each question, the enormity of my task seemed to grow.

Despite the progress I’d made, how could I possibly solve a twenty-year-old murder? Especially without help or cooperation from the police? I was no Jane Marple, after all.

Finding the rope had all been the result of acting on a hunch. Nothing more. Relying on guesswork wouldn’t get me very far. I needed facts.

At best it was an almost insurmountable task. At worst? I closed my eyes and rubbed my temples. I didn’t want to consider the worst.

I’d promised Connie I’d help her. And I was doing just that. I’d found the rope. The rope was real progress. Now, I had to hope forensic analysis would confirm a match with the fibers found around Valerie’s neck.

In the meantime, I’d keep forging ahead.

Once I finished working on my notes, I poured myself a tall glass of iced tea and read the queries Calypso had saved for me. When I was finished, I sent her a text congratulating her on a job well done.

Then I called her. “Since you did so well on the queries, I have another job for you.”

“I already have two jobs, Boss. I don’t need a third, especially since I’m on my way to my other one.”

“Don’t think of it as a job.

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