Cadillac Tracks: A J.D. Bragg Mystery. (J.D. Bragg Mystery Series Book 1) by Ron Fisher

Author:Ron Fisher [Fisher, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MysteryRow
Published: 2018-07-19T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“What’s wrong with your voice?” Eloise asked. She was sitting in the den reading when I returned to Still Hollow. I suspected she was waiting up for me.

“Hay fever,” I said, hoping she wouldn’t notice the red marks on my throat that went with the hoarseness. I didn’t feel like explaining my fight with Bobby Paige right now. In fact, I didn’t know if I really could. The whole thing was wrong somehow.

I gave her the copy of the will Hagood gave me. She sat and read it while I took a chair next to her and ate a bowl of beef stew I warmed up from the fridge. The fact that Grandfather left everything to me didn’t seem to surprise her. She actually seemed to understand it, which was more than I could claim. Her confidence in me to do the right thing was a weight almost too heavy to bear.

I filled her in on the money we owed, and she took everything with the same calm demeanor, listening quietly as if nothing fazed her, and with absolute faith that I’d work it all out. I asked her about any insurance policies that Grandfather may have. She went into the den and came back with a policy for $100,000, which could prove to be a lifesaver. With that we might be able to pay the interest on the loans and roll them over, giving us time to sell the Clarion. The rest we could use for living expenses for Eloise and Mackenzie until the sale.

I told her about stopping by the Clarion and finding a scratchpad on Grandfather’s desk where he’d written down a list of hotels in the area. I showed it to her and asked if she had any idea why he would have done that.

She chuckled. “So you can still read his handwriting? I’m amazed. Remember all that time we spent as kids decoding it like a couple of spies?”

“Yeah, I thought about that when I was trying to decipher it,” I said.

“But hotels?” she said. “I don’t know, unless he was writing a story about them, or recommending one to somebody.”

“What about the letters ‘WS?’ Does that mean anything to you?”

I waited as she gave it some thought. “I’m drawing a blank there too,” she said. “What’s this all about?” You sound like you think it’s important somehow.”

“I’m just trying to find out how he got such a quick lead on this woman Barry Beal assaulted. I still need to find her.”

She looked at me for a moment, but didn’t comment on that. Instead she asked, “What were you doing at the paper in the first place?”

“I was gathering the documents we’ll need for the lawyers and accountants in order to sell it,” I said. “I met Kelly Mayfield. She wasn’t too happy with me, or the reason I was there. You’re probably going to hear from her.”

“Oh my God,” she said. “I was so wrapped up in Granddad’s death when you brought up selling the paper that I wasn’t thinking about what it would do to her.

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