A Tiny Bite of Murder by Constance Barker

Author:Constance Barker [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2018-06-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

We made our way over to The Gilded Nickle and surprisingly the place was busy. Matt was not happy about being interrupted, but it was obvious that he had something to tell us. “Well, well, it’s the wise guy. But I’m glad you came by, Raine. One of my servers told me something interesting.”

I smiled at Matt. “Well, it’s good to see you back at work. And we want to hear what you have to say.”

Matt tried to smile back at me for a moment, but the muscles in his face didn’t know how to respond and instead he shot a sinister look at Jaxon. “Raine, such a pretty girl. You can do so much better than an overconfident P.I.”

Jaxon shrugged. “I’m going to ignore that. So what did your guy have to say?”

Matt glared back. “Not real smart to assume, wise guy. It was a gal, and she had plenty to say.”

I intervened. “We would love to know what that was.”

Matt's eyes never left Jaxon. He stared at my friend like he was studying someone who just scratched his brand new car. “It seems this Emery character was having a few words with his assistant. Something about meeting deadlines.”

Jaxon raised one eyebrow a half inch. “So your big news is they were talking shop?”

“The big time detective here can’t see a clue right in front of him.”

“I see a big fat...”

I cut Jaxon off. “Boys, behave. So Matt why did you think that was important.”

“Because it sounded like Emery wasn’t doing his job and Holly was mad. Flo has been a server for twenty years and knows how to listen to people. She said it was clear to her that Holly was the brains, did all work, and the food critic was a bit of a blow hard.”

I smiled. “We saw that too when they visited the tea room.”

Matt nodded. “Yeah. That is what Flo thought, for sure.”

I asked, “Do you know anything more about Holly and Emery’s relationship? Was it strained or were there any other problems?”

Matt shrugged. “No. I don’t know. But they have worked together for a long time and are well known because they've reviewed so many restaurants. And most people consider their reviews accurate and reliable, for the most part.”

Jaxon waved his hand like he was turning a page. “On another note, did the police talk to you this morning? Tell you anything else?”

“Nope. Just what we already knew. Gave us a clean bill of health. No sesame oil.”

Jaxon reached out his hand to shake. “Thank you for telling us. That is very helpful and kind of you.”

Matt grunted and appeared to take a punch to the gut. He shook Jaxon’s hand. “Are you pulling my chain or are you serious?”

Jaxon stood straight. “I’m serious, we should have asked you some of this last night, but things are slowly evolving. Thank you.”

I said, “Thanks for talking with us. We’ll let you get back to work.”

Matt froze and confusion dominated the expression on his face.

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