Beauty Secrets Mystery Boxed Set 2 by Stephanie Damore

Author:Stephanie Damore [Damore, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pink Sapphire Press
Published: 2019-02-09T22:00:00+00:00

9

“She’s working the case,” I said to Finn as I licked the powdered sugar off my fingers from my mallorca. We were at the iconic diner, La Bombonera, seated counter-side. The century-old Cuban espresso machine whirled, and all around us conversation flowed. I had already devoured my warm, fluffy sweet roll and was eyeing up another one in the window. Why did they have to leave them out like that, tempting me?

Finn swiveled closer to me in his orange bar stool. The extra sleep had done him well. I could’ve used his extra energy.

“Of Mariah?” Finn said.

“I think so,” I replied. It was the only explanation I could think of.

“Do you mean like a PI?” he asked.

“No, that doesn’t feel right.” I brought up the pictures on my phone and started scrolling through them. “It seems more like, I don’t know, research. Yeah, look at this.” On Carmen’s desk was a folder with a college’s insignia on the front of it. Department of Archeology was typed in a serif font below it.

“She’s an archeologist?” Finn asked.

“Maybe going to school for it? I’m not sure. I need to talk to my aunt about Carmen, but I’m betting she hasn’t worked at The Casa for long.”

“Are you thinking she might be the one?” Finn asked me.

“The woman I saw in the window?” The mallorca settled hard in my stomach. “I think so. Zach hasn’t seen her for a couple of days, and her makeup and laptop were still in her apartment. If she was taking off on her own, she wouldn’t have left those behind. Not if she could help it.”

“You’re right, unless she’s the killer,” Finn said.

“But why leave all that evidence behind? That wouldn’t be very smart. Plus, who did she kill?” I asked.

“Okay, so she’s the victim,” Finn said. The waiter stopped by and placed his version of the mallorca down in front of him. It was a melted ham, cheese and egg sandwich, toasted panini-style on the sweet bread and dusted with powdered sugar. She handed me the tall glass of passion fruit juice that I had completely forgotten I ordered. I had her grab another traditional mallorca for me because, you know, it’s rude to make someone eat alone. I’m polite like that.

“That’s the only thing that makes sense. Someone found out what she was up to and they killed her.” As I said those words I felt certain of it.

“Do you think it’s possible Carmen’s killer works at The Casa?” Finn asked.

“I’d say so. Who it could be? I’m not sure.” I didn’t think it was Miguel or Angel.

“What about Mr. Roberto?” Finn asked.

“I know, we keep coming back to him. Truthfully, I could see him being involved. It would explain his unwillingness to help and his reluctance to call the police.” Mr. Roberto seemed guiltier by the minute.

“What do you want to do now?”

“I still want to get back into the Haydens’ room and check it over with the black light. Even though Mrs. Hayden’s not our victim, the attack could’ve still taken place there,” I reasoned.

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