Charlotte Adams Mysteries 5 - The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder by Mary Jane Maffini

Author:Mary Jane Maffini
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Penguin Group, Inc.
Published: 2011-04-04T14:00:00+00:00

As I left the hospital, I saw Pepper hurrying in through the automatic doors.

“Everything all right?” I said.

“Routine follow-up. They do that with brain injuries. You?”

I hesitated, thinking that Pepper’s brain injury had been almost a year ago and she was still dealing with it. “I just wanted to talk to someone about Mona. To try to find out whether she might be—”

“Charlotte. You can’t get involved in this. I told you to leave Mona alone.”

“I know. And I’m not investigating. I assure you I have no desire to. But I feel an obligation to help Mona. We all should. She’s been missing work and she’s leaving me hysterical messages and—”

“Good, as long as you’re not involved. Oh, wait. You sound like you are involved. I told you not to go to her workplace or her home. What do you mean, talking to someone about her? Are you consulting medical personnel about Mona? What the hell is wrong with you? I’ll haul you in and charge you. I mean it.”

“I’d love not to be involved. I don’t want anyone else to be hurt. Or killed. There are three people dead now. And Mona—”

She let that slide. “Let me remind you that we are investigating the three hit-and-runs. And I doubt if any one of them was in any way related to Mona.”

“Are you serious? Two of them were her bullies.”

“What makes you say that? We haven’t released the name of the third victim yet.”

“You don’t have to be a big-shot detective to figure it out, Pepper. They interviewed Haley and Serena on WINY. Clearly it was Jasmin.”

“Dammit, that Todd Tyrell does more harm.”

“So it was her. Mona as good as told me. Can’t you find her, Pepper? Before something else happens? I’m worried about Haley, and I don’t even want that revolting Serena to be murdered.”

Pepper snapped, “We’re on it. I just told you that.”

“But—”

“Do you have any real information for me, Charlotte?”

What now? I could hardly tell Pepper that I’d seen an odd expression on Dr. Partridge’s face when I talked about Serena’s nasty little cabal and their effect on Mona.

“I thought so. Go back to your closets, Charlotte. We don’t need you getting killed too.”

She disappeared down the long corridor. I noticed she was rubbing her temple as she went.

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