Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu

Author:Ovidia Yu
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9780062227157
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Neither Harry Sullivan nor the Cunninghams had added anything substantial to SSS Salim’s information. All they could say was that Laura Kwee had definitely been expected until the arrival of her text message. And that Selina had been so angry that the anger could not have been put on.

Frank Cunningham had said, “There was something not quite right that night, but I can’t put my finger on what it was. Part of the problem of growing old.”

SSS Salim did not make much of that. People were always sensing something strange after something strange had already happened. He did not really think any of the people he had spoken to that day had anything to do with Laura Kwee’s death. All he was trying to do was establish where Laura Kwee had been last seen or heard from. A neighbor had seen her arriving home in a taxi the night of the previous wine dining. Thanks to this neighbor and the taxi company, they had managed to trace the driver of the taxi, who remembered Laura but could not remember her saying or doing anything that would be helpful to the investigation. The next morning Laura had phoned her office to say she was down with the flu and taking two days off. SSS Salim double-checked that the colleague Laura called had spoken to her in person.

“Yes, it was her for certain.

“No, she didn’t sound funny or anything. I mean she sounded really sick. I told her to be sure to go to the doctor because she sounded really sick. Do you know what happened to her yet?”

So Laura had been alive then. “Did she call you from her home phone or her mobile phone, do you know?”

“Laura only had a mobile phone because she was the only one living there. She took her phone everywhere with her, so she didn’t see any reason to pay for another line.”

And Laura had taken her phone home with her. But then, if Laura had taken her phone home, how had it gotten into the burning bin outside Aunty Lee’s Delights?

SSS Salim was still waiting to hear back from Laura’s parents in Malaysia. They said they wouldn’t be able to make it down to Singapore but would send a family representative and gave permission for the police to go through the things in Laura’s flat. They didn’t know anything about a boyfriend or problems or whether anyone had threatened Laura recently.

“She was a very good girl,” her mother said on the phone. “She would phone us once a month. And every time she would tell us not to worry about her. We wanted her to settle down. Get married. We wanted to find her a good husband. But she enjoyed her independence too much. Especially after—” The gentle voice broke off.

“Especially after what?”

“I’m sorry. Nothing. We knew she was seeing some man.”

Laura’s father’s voice cut in. “She never had any time to come back and see us. She used to phone once a month but lately we never heard from her.

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