Bright New Murder by Traci Tyne Hilton

Author:Traci Tyne Hilton [Hilton, Traci Tyne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Proverbs 31 House Publishing

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Beth from the event center security called Jane back shortly after Jane got home. She jumped right into her purpose before Jane could even say hello.

“I’m a bit frazzled, to be perfectly frank. I think you might know why.”

“Because Del wasn’t supposed to be at work, even though he was there?”

“That would be it. He’s on administrative leave—a disciplinary action—I don’t even know what he did.”

“Why was he pretending to be at work?” Jane perched on the edge of her seat, pen in hand. This call couldn’t have come at a better time. She could get all of her Del questions answered and then compare the Del situation with the Miter family. If she was lucky, she wouldn’t have to follow up with the questions about Michelle’s time with the HLP at all.

“It was a shift we were working together. We had plans for the day. Dumb little things you do when you’re dating a coworker. He would bring me coffee, I would page him to the office for a kiss. Just dumb stuff. But if he didn’t come, he’d have to tell me why.”

“What about the person who was supposed to cover his shift?”

“That’s a good question too.” Beth sounded exhausted. “That person seems to have colluded with Del on this little scheme, and now he’s on admin leave too…guess who has to cover all of their shifts?”

“That would be you.” Jane chuckled sympathetically.

“Yup. And I don’t have time for it. But I can’t turn it down.”

“How many of you are there in security?”

“About a dozen,” Beth said. “More like ten now, though. And that’s hardly enough. You’ve seen the place. It’s huge. And it’s open crazy hours.”

“What did Del do to get in trouble?”

“He won’t tell me, so it’s got to be bad. He’s acting all heroic about it like he’s protecting me, but that’s stupid. We’ve been together seven months now. He can tell me anything.”

Seven months. Jane stifled a smirk. Practically married. “What are you going to do now?”

“Work too much, I guess. I don’t want to be a jerk to my boyfriend at Christmas, but I need a little space if he’s not going to be honest with me.”

“Is Del from around here?”

“Sure. He’s from Gladstone. He’s always lived here.”

Gladstone? That little suburb wasn’t too far from Trillium Montessori…basically just across the river, if Jane was picturing it right. “How old is he?”

“See, that’s the other thing, older guys are supposed to be mature, responsible. Del is thirty-two, but he’s acting like he’s twelve.”

Thirty-two…Jane considered that. He was just, almost, young enough to have been in the first class at Trillium. On the other hand…he was also old enough to have a kid that went there. “Does Del have family in town? Parents, brother or sister? Kids?”

“Yeah, sure. His parents are here. He also has a brother who lives in Seattle. No kids.”

No kids… “So what do you think Del did to get in trouble at work?”

Beth sighed. “Honestly? I hate to even

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