Carolyn Ridder Aspenson - 06 Realtor Rub Out by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Author:Carolyn Ridder Aspenson [Aspenson, Carolyn Ridder]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magnum Grace Publishing
Published: 2019-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

All eyes were glued to me as I walked into Craddock & Clayton. I wanted to wave and gush at my popularity, hoping it was for my choice of professional attire–a black skirt that hit just above the knee, a pale pink silk button down top with three-quarter sleeves, and a pair of pale pink pumps I’d picked up the week before. I bought them because they were a perfect match to a sundress already packed for my wedding. They were a little pricy and over my budget, but they were cute as a bug on a rug, and I just couldn’t say no.

I grabbed a donut from the table of food and took a bite out of it. “I love me some powdered donuts.” I held it up and smiled at it. “Is this from a bakery, or does someone here make all of this?”

No one answered, and it was obvious they weren’t gawking at me for my cute outfit. They did it because they feared Dabney would pop a screw loose when she saw me. And they were right.

“What in the…what are you doing here? This is my place of business, and I don’t need you here fussing around things that have nothing to do with you.”

“Mrs. Clayton, it has everything to do with me. Your partner was murdered in my client’s home. It is my duty to them to find out what’s going on, and I think you know more than you’re saying.”

She grimaced, flipped around, and headed toward her office. I stood waiting for the go ahead, and when she glanced back to check, she stopped and said, “Well, come on. Let’s get this over with.”

“At the broker lunch yesterday, before the altercation, I went to use the restroom, and I heard you and Mr. Bowman talking. You said you were worried about something a woman was sticking her nose into. And you mentioned the police.” I sat in the chair in front of her desk. “You don’t have a lot of friends here in the agency, do you?”

She flinched, and her face heated to a shade similar to the fire trucks in Bramblett. “You listened in on our private conversation?”

“Not intentionally, no, but I’ll admit that once I recognized the voices and confirmed it was you and Mr. Bowman, I didn’t walk away.”

“That’s a breach of privacy. Nothing you heard will ever hold up in a court of law.”

I wasn’t aware of hearing anything that would require a court of law in the first place. “Happening upon a private conversation and not wanting to interrupt it isn’t illegal, Ms. Clayton. But I can’t help and wonder if there was something you’d fear I’d take to the police.”

Her eyes shifted, and she hesitated before speaking. “We were discussing an employee of…a situation with an employee. It doesn’t concern Carole Craddock, and therefore, it doesn’t concern you, either.”

“When I first met you, you suggested I speak to Mr. Bowman about his relationship with Ms. Craddock. Strange

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