Best Laid Plans by Kristi Rose

Author:Kristi Rose [Rose, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944513337
Publisher: KAC Publishing/ Vintage Housewife Books
Published: 2020-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

19

Friday

On the ride home, Precious and I binge ate through our frustration. Krispy Kreme donuts, a family-sized bag of M&Ms, fries from one drive-thru and burgers from another.

“We’d had her and let her go,” I said for what was surely the hundredth time. I scanned the log sheet Jenna’s parole officer gave me. The tracking bracelet showed one trip to Wind River, the day Jenna stole the briefcase. No other trips. Not that I thought this list was accurate.

“It’s like I got so caught up with being a PI that I forgot all my life coach training. I know how to read people. I knew she was unstable, but I didn’t do the math.” Precious tossed a handful of M&Ms in her mouth. Some spilled from the side and went in between the seat cracks.

“Considering I’m the PI here, I feel doubly worse. Is doubly a word?” My stomach didn’t feel so good. Like maybe I needed a salad.

“We really jacked this up,” she said.

“Doubly,” I added. I looked at the mug shot of Jenna her PO had provided me. It was more current than her driver’s license photo. “I’m gonna see if the IT guy at the community center can provide other dates that place her in town besides when she went to meet Gillian. At a minimum, if DB thinks he can charge me, Lockett can use all this in my defense.” Ugh, the thought alone made me want to barf. I crafted an email to Kalan Johnson and included Jenna’s image, but sending it gave little relief.

I asked, “Do you think Jenna knew Josh had returned one of the two tickets to Fiji?”

Precious stared at me wide eyed. “And if she did, she would then know he planned to go without her, likely taking all the money with him.”

I nodded solemnly, “Yep, leaving her once again high and dry and primed to take the fall. That, my fabulous friend is motive.”

“We screwed the pooch here, Sam. Messed up.”

I rubbed my temples, hoping to stave off a headache. “This case is too much.”

When my phone rang, I glanced at the screen. Private caller, no number. Rachel. Calling from the ship phone.

“Hey,” I said. Was I supposed to be with Cora? I wasn’t able to take her to the beach because of the getting-run-down-by-a-car thing. The folks and I were trying to shelter her as much as possible from everything that was going on. In my opinion, we were doing a great job because she hadn’t spilled any of this to Rachel so far.

“Are you kidding me?” Rachel screamed.

I held the phone away from my ear. I didn’t need to put in on speaker because she was so loud, but I did because I had no intention of yelling back.

I said, “What—?”

“You’re the prime suspect in Principal Josh’s murder? Principal Josh was murdered? What is going on there? I swear to heaven, Sam, if Cora is in the middle of this, I will never forgive you.” She said never with such venom a shiver of fear ran through me.

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