A Juicy Murder (A Stoneybrook Mystery Book 5) by Eryn Scott

Author:Eryn Scott [Scott, Eryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kristopherson Press
Published: 2019-07-04T16:00:00+00:00

14

Breath ragged, Hadley and Luke burst from the juice bar. Suze glanced up from where she was sitting on an empty fruit crate.

“Oh, good. What’s going on in there? Did you guys find anything?” Suze peered around them as if they might have something hidden behind their backs.

Hadley panted. “What?” It was all she could get out.

“I got bored. I wanted to check on you.” Suze picked at a fingernail.

Adrenaline leaked out of Hadley so quickly she felt like a balloon deflating. Luke relaxed next to her. He chuckled, able to see the humor in any situation. Hadley wasn’t quite there.

“We didn’t find anything. And I doubt looking any longer will change that. We might as well go.” She walked back to the door and locked it from the inside then pushed it closed.

After making sure it was locked and the window all the way shut, they trudged back toward the jam kitchen.

“Sorry nothing came from that,” Suze whispered. “But we knew it probably wasn’t them anyway, right?”

Hadley shook her head. “I don’t know. I have a bad feeling I can’t let go of when it comes to the two of them.”

“Yeah.” Suze sighed. “Between Owen being at the hardware store before the time Simone found Laney and his fingerprints being all over the laptop they found destroyed in her apartment, it’s seeming more like he’s the one.”

Hadley and Luke stopped short, just before the jam kitchen.

“What?” Luke said. “Owen was the one who destroyed her computer?”

“Since when?” Hadley asked.

Suze took another few steps but slowly turned around. Even in the scant moonlight, they could see her cringe. “Um … did I forget to mention that?” She sucked in a breath through her teeth. “Paul got the results when we were having dinner tonight.”

Hadley coughed in surprise then turned to Luke, who appeared equally stunned.

“That would’ve been good information to have before we broke into Simone’s shop.” Luke’s voice was even, measured, as if he were working hard to keep calm.

“I’m sorry.” Suze smacked her palm to her forehead. “I was going to tell you guys, but then I got all hyped up about breaking in and totally forgot.” She looked toward Hadley. “Do you think knowing would’ve really stopped you from following the lead about Simone and Guy tonight?”

Hadley pursed her lips. “You have a point.”

“See?” Suze turned and kept walking. “And now you know there’s nothing there to be suspicious about.”

“Except what could’ve been in that envelope,” Hadley said.

“And how the mayor hurt and threatened Hadley,” Luke added as they approached the rear of the jam kitchen and their cars.

Suze dipped her head to one side as she stood next to her car. “Okay. Besides those things. But at least you don’t have to endure any more sessions with Hunk,” she said to Luke.

His eyes narrowed. “Paul finding Owen’s prints doesn’t mean he’s the killer. He sounds more like a guy fumbling his way around trying to keep a secret. I mean, most people know just smashing a laptop screen won’t destroy the information on the hard drive.

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