Bound By Secrets (The Dresden Island Book 2) (The Dresden Island Series) by Clara Lewis

Author:Clara Lewis [Lewis, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Look, I’m fine! It was just a mild concussion and a few scratches! I shouldn’t have to stay this long in the hospital," Olivia complained.

She waved her arm around, eager to prove that she was indeed okay and could go straight back on the case. Marion rolled her eyes and laughed.

“You’re being discharged today anyway; no need to be a drama queen.”

Olivia limped to the parking lot where Marion’s rental car awaited. It was a reasonably sized, black pickup truck. At the sight of it, Olivia threw her hands in the air.

“I should have gotten one of those!”

She turned her head to Marion who looked confused.

“Remember my car? Well, it was cherry red. It was difficult to hide with that thing.”

On the way to their hotel, Marion handed Olivia her tablet.

“Take a look in there and tell me what you find," Marion said, her eyes on the road.

Olivia skimmed through the autopsy report.

“How did you get this report out of the office?”

“I scanned it, but Jordan threw a fit.”

Olivia laughed. It sounded like him. She continued to skim through the paper and Marion advised her to compare her notes as well. At the sight of a certain detail, Olivia’s smile dropped.

“Poison? Check. Botanist? Check. Suspicious conversation in the middle of the night? Check. Tell me if I’m missing something.”

“Exactly,” said Marion nodding. “We can either start questioning Keri-Anne again or we can look into a different theory.”

Olivia wasn’t convinced. She crossed her arms and looked out the window.

“Listen, it could be Keri-Anne. But consider this, she wasn’t invited that day, and when you mentioned the event, she didn’t even know about it.”

“Maybe she knew about it but lied," Olivia countered.

“That may be true, but I did some research on the poison used to kill Betty. The plant used to kill her isn’t from this side of the world. She would have had to make a considerable effort getting it into the country. Now, I know this doesn’t disprove that she did it, but it reduces the chance she did.”

“What are you suggesting, Marion?”

“I say we look somewhere else. We need to get a copy of the guest list and those who worked at the event that night.”

Olivia had missed a large part of the case. She slapped her forehead and groaned.

“I can’t believe that I completely disregarded that part of the process!”

Marion reached out and patted Olivia reassuringly.

“It makes sense, your mind was somewhere else.”

With the reminder that there was another, more personal case awaiting results, the car grew silent. Lost in thought, Olivia didn’t notice that they had been going in the opposite direction of the hotel they stayed in. She only noticed the difference when a red piece of wreckage glinted in the sun.

“Where are we going?” Olivia asked, slightly panicked.

“Where else would we get a copy of the guest and staff list?”

Olivia covered her face with her hands.

“I can’t go there; Eustace saw me spying on them! You expect me to face someone who could have

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