Changes to the Recipe by K J Emrick

Author:K J Emrick [Emrick, K J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Coast Publishing
Published: 2017-07-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

The morning dawned early. Or, maybe it just felt that way to Cookie because she and Jerry had stayed up for most of the night talking about what they had learned so far.

Zane Gillman had told Jerry everything he could about Sheila’s will. There were certain aspects of it that he insisted were still covered under the attorney and client privilege, even now that Sheila was dead, but he’d told Jerry enough. Sheila had a small fortune to her name. In fact, it was the biggest personal account that a lawyer like Zane, in a place like Widow’s Rest, was likely to see in his whole entire career.

When Jerry had mentioned the number Cookie found on the bank statement in Sheila’s apartment, Zane had nodded and said that sounded just about right, down to the last penny. However, Sheila had arranged to have that entire sum withdrawn from her account just last week. She withdrew it in cash, and that was the last that Zane knew about it.

He had no idea why Sheila would want to do that. Especially since she had asked Zane to keep the will itself exactly as it was.

When Jerry had asked who the beneficiary of Sheila’s will was, Zane wouldn’t say. Apparently, that was privileged information that he wasn’t willing to share without the beneficiary’s permission.

So basically, Jerry and Cookie couldn’t get permission from the beneficiary without knowing who the beneficiary was first. Classic Catch-22 situation.

Cookie had never liked that book.

Talking for most of the night hadn’t done anything to get them closer to the answer to the important questions. How could they prove who killed Sheila and tried to kill Amanda? Obviously, the motive was the money, but where did the money go?

And, who had wanted it badly enough to kill for it?

She stretched, trying to wake up both her body and her mind. When she did, Jerry rolled over and put his arm across her stomach.

He’d spent the night in her apartment above the bakery again. It was really beginning to be silly for the two of them to maintain separate homes. Certainly, her place was smaller than his house, but it didn’t make sense for her to move in with him, considering that most mornings she had to be up before dawn and downstairs to get the bakery ready. Jerry had an emotional attachment to his house, and she could understand that, but at some point they would have to combine their lives. Even if she didn’t have a wedding band on her finger.

Oh, there she went again. She told herself to stop being silly. Jerry was right here, with her, in her arms. That was all she needed. Really. Just this.

Well, that, and a morning kiss.

Snuggling down into the sheets, she put her face level with his, and kissed his lips while he slept. He snorted in the cutest way, and his eyes fluttered open.

“Hey,” he said in a drowsy way. He hummed and scratched at his bare chest. “Is it morning already?”

“Yes, it’s morning.

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