Assassination at Bayou Sauvage by D.J. Donaldson

Author:D.J. Donaldson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions
Published: 2018-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Amelia looked hard at Broussard. “You knew that Elizabeth was dead, didn’t you?”

“That’s what I came to talk about. I saw her name on the picnic invitation list but I’m sorry to say I didn’t know who she was.”

“Andy, she was so young.”

Broussard nodded. “I don’t like thinkin’ about that.”

Amelia fell into a reverential silence.

Perhaps because she’d just learned about Betty and was still shocked at the news, she didn’t try to connect the girl’s death with what happened to Uncle Joe. But Broussard’s mind was already slogging through the implications. Two killings in one family, just three days apart. Could that merely be a coincidence? He didn’t like coincidences. To even consider that as an option in any investigation seemed worthy only of a brain as smooth as an apple.

“Did you know her?” Broussard asked.

“Not very well. But I can imagine how devastated her parents are as well as her grandparents, Julien and Leona. I should tell Scott.”

As she punched a number into her phone, Broussard figured Scott was her husband. But he wasn’t sure.

After she’d talked with Scott and hung up, Broussard said, “The fact I didn’t know I was related to Elizabeth and didn’t recognize hardly anyone at the picnic showed me my life has been far too insulated. I want to know the name of every person who was invited and how they’re related to each other. Believe me, I know my timin’ is awful, considerin’ what’s happened, but would you be willin’ to go over the invitation list with me and tell me who’s who?”

Amelia’s eyes subtly shifted from reflections on death to once again participating in life. “It’d be my pleasure, Andy.”

Broussard opened the file folder he’d brought. “I’ve got the list and some sheets of paper right here. I’d like to make a pedigree chart to keep it all organized.”

“That’s sort of the way I made up the list,” Amelia said. “I started with my brother Julien and his wife.”

Using accepted conventions for constructing a pedigree chart, Broussard had already drawn a square at the top to represent Uncle Joe. He’d then drawn a horizontal line from Joe’s square to a circle that indicated Joe’s wife, Anne. He now proceeded to add and label symbols for Julien and Leona.

“Then I listed my sister, Sara, and her husband, Noel. Noel’s last name is LeBlanc.”

“I did know that,” Broussard said. “Because of their grandson, Remy.”

“You know Remy?”

“Talked to him this mornin’ about doin’ some more work for me.”

“Then you know how good he is.”

“I do indeed.”

“He was over here two weeks ago, checking on the two men who were replacing some siding on the back of the house. Sat right there where you are and had some lemonade.”

Broussard entered Sara and Noel on his chart then looked at the invitation list, where the next names were Amelia’s brother, Lewis and his wife Kay. As he put those names on his chart, Amelia said, “Have the police talked to Lewis yet?”

“I don’t think so,” Broussard said.

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