Betting on Death by Megan Mollson

Author:Megan Mollson [Mollson, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Despite having finished a case successfully, I awoke the next morning feeling glum. Really, the Dennis case had been very simple. If she’d been so inclined, Mrs. Dennis could have solved it without our help.

And since it had been solved so quickly, Will and I were back where we’d started. We didn’t have any answers about Jane. There wasn’t much more to do on the Finney case. Cal had made no progress on Hugh Meriwether’s murder.

All we could do was wait for a new case or new information and I’ve never been good at waiting. Having work to accomplish is infinitely preferable to sitting about hoping for something to happen. Unfortunately, I was stuck in the horrible limbo of waiting for clues to emerge on all sides. I couldn’t move on the Finney case until damning evidence came to light. I couldn’t do anything to help Father or Cal with the Meriwether case either.

When I arrived at Maple House later that morning, Will was waiting on the porch in a clear state of agitation.

“What’s wrong?” I asked as he took my elbow and steered me away from the house.

He glanced over his shoulder and hissed, “I don’t want Mother to overhear me. Let’s go for a walk and I’ll tell you all.”

From his long-legged stride and hunched shoulders, I deduced that Will was very upset about something. If I was a betting woman, I would have wagered that it had something to do with his sister. My partner was very laid back about most things. Even our cases caused him little more than moderate excitement. The only time I could get a rise out of him was when I teased him about Paula Dennis. His family was his one trigger.

Of course, now that I thought about it, perhaps it was something about Paula that had him out of sorts. I remembered the strange look on his face the night before when she’d left with Jimmy Wilson.

“I visited Jane’s house yesterday before going to the Dennis’,” he began once he deemed us far enough out of earshot.

“I see,” I said, hurrying to keep up. “What happened? And why didn’t you say anything last night?”

Will shrugged and shoved tucked his hands under his arms. “We needed to focus on our case. I knew this could wait.” He shook his head worriedly. “Things are worse than I thought. They’ve sold almost everything of value, Rose. The walls were nearly bare. They’ve let go of most of their servants and sold their coach and horses.”

I felt my heart growing heavy again. Poor, poor Jane. I couldn’t imagine the heartache she felt as she watched her home being taken apart piece by piece. How difficult it must be to choose to stay loyal to the man who was ruining her family.

“I took Jane aside and she told me everything.” Will turned hurting eyes to me. “She said she’d told it all to you. Why didn’t you come to me? Jane’s my sister! Don’t you think I should know what she’s going through?”

I gulped, hating the accusation.

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