Cast Iron Suspicion by Jessica Beck

Author:Jessica Beck [Beck, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cozy Publishing
Published: 2016-10-31T21:00:00+00:00

“It sounds like a plan to me,” he said with a shrug.

As we got out and followed Robin to her front door, Pat tugged on my arm and asked softly, “Annie, what exactly are we going to do if someone is lurking inside? It’s not as though either one of us is armed with anything more than an angry look.”

“Do you honestly believe we’re going to find anyone inside?” I asked him.

“No, I’m just asking what our plans are if we do.”

“We all scream and run away,” I said with a shrug. “I don’t know what to tell you.” What did he want from me? I wasn’t about to start carrying a handgun around in my purse, and a baseball bat wouldn’t fit. I liked our chances anyway, since I didn’t think we’d find anything untoward inside.

Pat and I searched through every room in the house, with Robin close on our heels the entire way. Once she was satisfied that no one was lurking in the shadows, it was as though I could see a weight being lifted off her shoulders. “Thank you both for doing this.”

“We were happy to,” Pat said, “but if you see anything else tonight, you really should call the sheriff.”

“I know. I will. I just couldn’t face her tonight. There’s just one more thing you could do for me, if you wouldn’t mind.”

Pat looked as though he were about to refuse her request when I stepped in. “What can we do to ease your mind further?”

“Go by Timothy’s office and make sure everything there is okay. Would you do that for me?”

“I’m not sure that we should, at least not without a police officer,” I said.

Pat nodded in agreement. There was only so far we could allow ourselves to be pushed, and Robin had already exceeded the limit.

“Please? If it’s nothing, no one else but the two of you will know how foolish I’ve been if I’m wrong.”

“And if you’re right?” I asked her.

“Feel free to call your sister. This is ridiculous. I’m jumping at shadows everywhere I look. I’m telling you, I can’t stay in this town a moment longer. As soon as the sheriff gives me permission, I’m getting out of Maple Crest, and I’m never coming back. My sister in Virginia has been asking me to move up there for ages, and this is as good a time as any, since I’m out of a job and a killer might be after me. Would you go check on the office right now for me? I can’t bear the thought of someone desecrating Timothy’s space.”

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