DeadWrong by Lee Dobbins

Author:Lee Dobbins
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Jake stared after Fiona with an amused smile. She certainly was feisty. He liked that. His arms still tingled from when he had held her and looked down into her blue eyes. He wondered how those eyes could look both tough and vulnerable at the same time.

“What do you want?”

A voice shook him out of his thoughts and he turned to see Ed pointing the shotgun in his direction.

Jake felt a jolt of adrenalin rush through his veins. He held up his hands.

“Now Ed, put that thing down. I’m here on police business.”

Ed narrowed his eyes at him, then, noticing Jake was in uniform, lowered the gun to his side.

“I brought Prudence’s effects for you,” Jake said solemnly.

“Oh.” Ed lowered his head and Jake got a small box out of his car.

“Can we go inside?”

Ed nodded, leading the way up the steps and into the house.

The living room was simple, but clean. A plaid sofa sat against one wall, a lazy boy on the other. A small T.V. flickered images at the far end of the room. The coffee table held a cardboard pizza box and a bag of chips.

Ed motioned for Jake to sit on the couch and he did, gently placing the box on an empty spot on the coffee table in front of him.

Jake’s stomach tightened as he took out his notebook. He always hated this part. You never knew how people were going to react.

Jake thought about all the people he’d questioned as a detective in Boston. When he took this job, he figured those days were over, but the small town didn’t have a proper detective so the job fell to him, even if he didn’t have the title.

“I have a few questions to ask you, if you don’t mind.”

Ed sat in the chair on the other side of the room, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees and surprised Jake with a question of his own.

“That Morgan Blackmoore, did she really kill my Prudy?” Ed wrinkled his brow at Jake.

Jake shrugged. “We don’t know. Do you think she did it? What would her motive be?”

Ed looked down at the floor. “Well, I don’ rightly know. I’ve known those Blackmoore girls since they were knee high. Morgan’s always been sweet as pie. That redhead though, Fiona … she’s a might bit meddlesome.” He glanced back at the front door and Jake couldn’t help but smile at his description of Fiona.

“I’m afraid I might’a lost my tempah a bit with her, but she was askin’ some personal questions.” Ed turned back to Jake. “Prudy had her differences with the Blackmoore family, but that’s been goin’ on since their grandma was around.”

“There’s no hard evidence that connects Morgan to the murder,” Jake said.

“But that newt? Everyone said they argued in the cafe and Morgan said she’da turn Prudy into a newt.” Ed rubbed his stubble covered chin and narrowed his eyes at Jake. “D’ya think that Morgan really is a witch?”

Jake laughed. “Of course not.” That was ridiculous, wasn’t it?

Ed chuckled and looked down at his feet.

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