An Unfortunate Demise (An Anna Fairweather Murder Mystery Book 2) by Blythe Baker

Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

8

“Well?”

I turned to see Mrs. Montford standing in the doorway of her room, peering out apprehensively at me.

“Oh,” I said, turning my gaze from the front door. “They are gone, ma’am. They have only just left.”

“Yes, I heard them go,” she said, taking a step out. “Well? What did they say?”

“They asked me questions about Mr. Miller,” I said. “The woman’s husband. They wondered if I knew him previously and if that was why I had helped him pull his wife from the water.”

“Of course you did not know him,” she said, taking a seat on the chair I had only just recently vacated. “Did they seem suspicious of you at all?”

“No—no, I do not believe so,” I said. “They asked me to tell them what occurred, which I did. And I told them of my interactions with the man since.”

She nodded. “What was their opinion of the conversation you overheard?” she asked.

“It seemed that Mr. Miller was quite frank about his troubled relationship with his late wife,” I said, my heart sinking once more. “That information I had gleaned proved to be useless.”

She pursed her lips, her brow furrowing. “And what do you think?” she asked.

I hesitated, turning to look at her. “Me, ma’am?”

She nodded again. “Indeed,” she said. “What did you garner from that conversation?”

“I…” I said. “To be perfectly honest, ma’am, I wonder if they suspect Mr. Miller.”

“Truly?” she asked. “Why do you think so?”

“They seem to wonder if she was not dead before she fell into the water,” I said. “Given the suspicious bruises she had, as well as the signs of poisoning, it suggests something happened prior.”

“I wonder how Mr. Miller reacted to being told that,” Mrs. Montford said, her gaze sharpening as she scratched the side of her face.

“Do you think he could be responsible?” I asked.

She shrugged. “You said that he confessed to having a rough relationship with his wife, and that is corroborated by what you heard through the walls last night when he was arguing with his brother. It is not entirely out of the realm of possibility. The drowning could have been a convenient means of covering the death, and as you helped him, you could vouch for his efforts and help prove him innocent.”

A cold, sick feeling swept over me, like a bout of stomach pains. “I do not like that thought,” I said. “Using me to cover his tracks?”

Mrs. Montford rose from her seat and wandered to the window. “Salt water could possibly have removed any trace of what caused her stomach problems and the bruising could be explained away as almost anything.” She furrowed her brow. “His coming forward about their difficult relationship is interesting as well, as it certainly makes it seem as if he wants to be open and honest. If he is not attempting to hide something that could be seen as motive for murder, then it may be easier for the police to overlook him entirely.”

I thought back to his young face on the stairs, the pained expression in his eyes.

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