A Kayak for One by K.L. McCluskey

Author:K.L. McCluskey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: police procedure, female detective, lesbian characters, police mystery, romance, canadian novel, murder mystery, strong female lead, northern lake setting, police stories

"Wait Ashley. I need to go with you," Sarah said.

Ashley stopped on the path and stood waiting.

"I'll come to the office after," Sarah called back to Charlene.

Charlene watched Sarah move ahead of Ashley and go up the steps into the cottage.

Ashley followed and the screen door slammed making Charlene jump. God she must be tired, she thought. She hated that tired feeling where noises made her body jump as if she didn't expect them. She used to get tired like this after working her sets of night shifts as a police officer. She used ear plugs and a fan in the room to mask outside noises, but she didn't sleep more than a few hours and had to get up and go back to work and do it all again and again and again. The worst was when working in the Criminal Investigative Division where she had to work six 10 hour night shifts in a row. Her body was twitching a few days in, and she used to jump at the slightest noise. Like now.

"Hey Ms. P.," Ashley said as she walked into the office.

"Hi Ashley. Where's Sarah?"

"She's talking to that police officer sitting at the picnic table."

"Where is the rest of the gang?"

"They went for lunch at some Italian place in Espanola that Professor Bowen said burned down but was re-built. They have to go back to the station after lunch. I gave my statement so now I'm going home. I don't think I can stay here with Greg. That detective had to come back with me since the cottage is a crime scene or something and watch me pack."

"That didn't take long."

"I was pretty much packed the same night Greg killed Lori." Ashley said this in such a way that made Charlene think the murder of her classmate by another classmate was an everyday occurrence.

"Why do you think he killed her?"

"He couldn't stand her not wanting to be with him anymore. He's such a loser."

"What do you mean 'anymore'?"

"He and Lori were together for a while," Ashley said as she leaned her arms on the counter across from Charlene in a girl-talk kind of pose.

"They kept it pretty secret so it wouldn't get in the way of class stuff. He got really possessive and she just had enough and called it quits. Besides she hated that he wasn't very smart. He used to bug her all the time for help with projects and essays. She thought it was kind of cute at first then got sick of it."

"Ah. Do the others know Greg and Lori were an item?" Charlene asked.

"Peter is pretty close to Greg it seems, though not like friends. He might know if Greg told him. Lori said she didn't tell anyone. Haiden is too busy thinking about me, so even if Greg told him, he wouldn't be interested. Professor Bowen probably doesn't know. I can't see Greg telling him."

"Wasn't Greg with Peter and Haiden on the field trip that day though? I took them to the van in the morning and then I saw you and Lori when I was coming back about 1:00 o'clock.

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