Blood like the Setting Sun: A Murder on Maui Mystery by Robert W. Stephens

Author:Robert W. Stephens [Stephens, Robert W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eleven 22 Entertainment LLC
Published: 2015-06-24T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Surprises

Alana and I ended up stopping at the Chambers Hotel on the way back to interview Mill. I won’t put the dialogue down here because we really didn’t learn much.

He confirmed that he’d gotten a visit from Trevor Edelman, who demanded the Chambers family share the proceeds of the potential hotel sale with the Edelman family. He said he wasn’t worried about it because he knew they didn’t have a legal right to anything. He doubted Trevor had spoken to Charlotte since his mother would have undoubtedly said something to him about it. Mill backed up his sister’s claim that their mother debated whether to drop Joe from the will since she didn’t want to fund his drug habit. He agreed with Bethany that the will was probably fake, and he expressed regret at having gotten into a fight with Joe at the wake. He said he was deeply embarrassed by his actions.

The only mildly new thing we learned was that he mentioned his wife misspoke when she said he didn’t want Charlotte to sell the hotel. I love the word misspoke because it can be used as an apology, or to cover a lie. For example, “I’m sorry I misspoke when I said these jeans make your butt look flat. I meant to say you look fantastic.” Mill said he would have been fine if his mother didn’t sell because he liked working at the hotel. You’ll notice he used the word like and not love.

After the meeting with Mill, Alana and I drove back to her house. It was dark by the time we got there.

“We should watch a movie tonight and maybe order some takeout,” Alana said.

“What did you have in mind?”

“Movie or the food?” she asked.

“Food.”

“I was thinking Chinese, but now I feel like a burger.”

“What do you say we order a couple of burgers from Harry’s? I’d like to swing by the house on the way there and pick up the dog. I know Foxx gets tired of watching him. You mind if I bring Maui back here?”

“Not at all,” she said.

“Do me a favor and call in the order. I’ll see you in about an hour.”

I got home in no time and was a little surprised to see a white sedan in Foxx’s driveway. If you read Wedding Day Dead, you’d know exactly whose car it was. I parked behind the car and went inside. Maui the dog greeted me. I walked into my bedroom and shoved some clothes into a backpack. I already had some toiletries at Alana’s.

Then I walked toward the kitchen to grab Maui’s water bowl and some of his food. I spotted Hani, Alana’s sister, bending over in front of the refrigerator. She was wearing a large T-shirt and nothing else. My guess was the shirt belonged to Foxx.

“Looking for anything in particular?” I asked.

I clearly startled Hani because she did a little jump. She turned to face me.

“Foxx said he thought you were spending the night at Alana’s.”

“I am.

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