Black Coffee, Biscotti & Murder by Sara Bourgeois & Savannah Marlake

Author:Sara Bourgeois & Savannah Marlake [Bourgeois, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Kari

“Well, that was…unexpected,” Kasi said as they climbed into Kari’s Jeep in the Whitmore Inn parking lot.

“Which part?” Kari asked drily. “The part where we saw Jake absolutely humiliate someone in public, or the part where we found what seemed to be evidence that Maddy wanted her supposedly loving boyfriend dead?”

“Yeah, both of those,” Kasi said, sighing. “We went from having no suspects in the case to suddenly having two people who seemingly had a reason to hurt our Mr. Dragon. So, I guess you could say, it was a fruitful trip?”

Kari turned to her. “Do you honestly think that a rap battle—even one as bad as that—is cause for murder?”

Kasi shrugged. “Public humiliation is a pretty strong motive,” she said. “Maybe Razor thought that Jake effectively ended his career with that battle. Feeling like someone took your dreams away from you is definitely a motive for murder.”

“But aren’t rappers used to things like that?” Kari wondered. “I mean, isn’t it kind of, part of the job?”

Kasi held up her hands. “How should I know? The most I know of rap battles came from the movie 8 Mile. Honestly, I didn’t even think they really took place in real life.”

“I think it’s how a lot of the most famous rappers honed their skills,” Kari told her. “I guess I should have realized that Jake would have had a cutting wit like that to get to this point in the industry. It just never really came through in the songs that made him popular.”

Kasi nodded in agreement. “The Fire Spitters do have a reputation for being good guys, especially for rappers.”

Kari concentrated on driving for a few moments as she thought it through. “I guess it’s worth looking into more.”

“What about that letter?” Kasi asked. “I didn’t fully get to read the whole thing, but I certainly got that Maddy was really, really upset with Jake.”

“She clearly thought he cheated on her,” Kari said, thinking about the letter they’d been able to hurriedly scan before Maddy had come back from the bathroom. “She told me that her last boyfriend had cheated on her, and that’s why they’d broken up. So, I can only imagine how hurt she’d be if she found out Jake had done the same thing.”

“Why wouldn’t she have said anything?” Kasi asked. “She led us to think everything was just amazing with Jake.”

“Maybe they were trying to work it out?” Kari guessed. “Or she didn’t want to admit that she got cheated on again? Relationships are funny things, Kasi. There could be hundreds of reasons why she didn’t bring it up. It’s not like we were best friends, or anything. We just met the girl. Maybe she was just feeling really insecure.”

“Or maybe she killed him, and she didn’t want to tip us off.” Kasi said. “I suppose if I was going to bump off my boyfriend, I’d want everyone to think that we were living in bliss, too.”

“Let’s not jump to any conclusions,” Kari said, turning down their street.

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