Body in the Antique Trunk-A Lady Locksmith Mystery by Curry Edna

Author:Curry, Edna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, reincarnation, murder mystery, small town, cozy mystery, minnesota, serial killers, women sleuths, lady locksmith
Publisher: Edna Curry

Chapter 7

I worked on changing locks for an apartment building in Canton for most of the morning, then drove to Landers to meet Chance for lunch as we’d planned the night before.

A huge busload of senior citizens filled the dining room where we usually ate, so I grabbed one of the booths in the coffee shop end of the restaurant. Chance joined me after a few minutes. We ordered sandwiches and iced tea from the harried, older waitress, who poured our drinks and said, “I’m afraid there may be a wait for your food today. That tour group didn’t even let us know they were coming, so we could bring in extra help.”

“That’s okay,” I said, gratefully sipping the icy brew. “I’m not in a rush.”

She sent me a grateful little smile and dashed back to the kitchen with our orders.

Chance told me about seeing Bill and Kendra arguing at the cemetery.

“Probably about who gets what of Alfred’s property,” I said with a shrug.

“Yeah,” Chance agreed. “It usually is.”

“If you’ll excuse me, Chance, I need to visit the ladies’ room. I grabbed this booth because the place is so busy today and didn’t get a chance to wash up after my last job.”

“Sure thing.”

I made my way around the booths and counter to the bathrooms located between the coffee shop and the dining room half of the restaurant. A man with a dark beard and a John Deere cap pulled down over his eyes stared at me, sending a chill down my spine. I hurried on and ducked into the ladies room. When I came back out, I was pleased to see he’d disappeared.

***

Buddy sat in the Flame, eating his lunch. He kept an eye out for Jonesy or his bodyguards. He didn’t see them today, but he saw someone else.

He couldn’t believe it. That woman sitting alone in the back booth was the locksmith and now that he got a better look at her, he realized why she looked familiar. He recognized that turned up nose and hazel eyes that saw too much. She was in disguise now, too. She used to call herself Carrie Phipps, and she’d worked for that Chicago newspaper. She’d been the nosy reporter who wrote articles about the Lions and the Bears’ rivalry. She’d always stirred up people against them, and got the cops on their case, so the Bears had vowed revenge on her, but hadn’t succeeded.

He’d bet she’d followed some of the Lions or Bears here. She was probably snooping around again and knew where the other Lions were hiding.

Yeah, here comes that cop he’d seen at the cemetery. He’s sitting with her. Bet they’re working together. Probably playing together, too. Can’t blame him, she’s pretty. Maybe he’d get her naked and have a little fun with her himself. Been a long time since he’d had a woman. She had perky breasts and a nice figure. He grew hard just thinking about what he’d like to do with her. He’d pound her good like she hadn’t been fucked before.

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