A Kink in the Road by Sonia Parin

Author:Sonia Parin [Parin, Sonia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Quick, help him. He can’t die here.” Anywhere else but here, Eve thought.

Jack rushed to stand behind William and wrapped his arms around his waist. Grasping his fists, he pressed into William’s upper abdomen with a quick upward thrust.

J.M. Kernel slumped down on a chair and gaped at them.

Jack continued applying the Heimlich maneuver. Finally, William dragged in a hard breath and whistled it out. Had he choked on his own saliva or had he inhaled something?

Eve pressed her hand to her mouth. At this rate, she might have to have the house vacuumed from top to bottom. Although, the idea of sterilizing it gave her more comfort.

William garbled something incoherent as he struggled to stand upright.

“I’ll get some water,” Eve offered. Turning, she found the other guests had piled up at the front door. She had to force her way past them to get inside. Jill had stayed behind in the kitchen. Thank goodness for Jill’s common sense, Eve thought.

Filling a glass with water, Eve gave Jill a brief rundown of William’s close call.

“Death by choking. On your veranda. He should have had the decency to wander away from your property.”

“Just as well he didn’t die,” Eve said as she rushed off with the glass of water. A fourth death would have triggered another cycle of disasters.

William had managed to sit down. Eve heard the tail end of his assurance that he felt fine and there was no need to call the anyone.

“Oh, but you have to make sure you’re all right,” Eve said. “You need to spend at least a night in hospital. What if it happens again?”

Jack came to stand beside her and murmured, “Nice try, Eve. You’re stuck with him. He’s not budging.”

“You could force his hand. You’re an officer of the law,” she whispered.

“He hasn’t broken any laws, Eve.”

“He’s endangering himself and... Me.”

“You? How so?”

“I’m thinking of my reputation. It’s already fragile. Another death at my inn will incite a lynch mob. The entire town will rise up against me.” Eve shivered. “Did you at least manage to find out about the cigars? I can’t believe they would have smoked the same cigars that killed Stew Peters.”

Someone behind her gasped and whispered to the person next to them.

A man approached them. Eve worked on a process of elimination and decided it had to be Marcus Leeds.

“Did we hear you correctly? Was Stew Peters killed?”

Eve shook her head. “The wind scrambled my words. Speaking of which, we should all go back inside. It’s freezing out here.”

No one moved.

“Fine. You can all stay out here and freeze.” Eve stormed back inside. Striding into the kitchen, she asked, “Where were we?”

Jill looked up from the laptop. “You were talking to Mira and before that, we were pointing the finger of suspicion at Miranda Leeds.”

Eve looked over at the phone.

“Don’t worry, I told Mira you had to run off to deal with a situation.”

“And what did she say?”

“She wasn’t surprised and while she regretted leaving, on the way

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