Death by Fountain by Jennifer S. Alderson

Author:Jennifer S. Alderson [Alderson, Jennifer S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Traveling Life Press
Published: 2020-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

19 Investigating Friends

As soon as Lana hung up the phone, she fired up her trusty laptop. It was time to find out more about Randy’s good friends. The thought made her slightly nauseated—what kind of friend would do this to him? Just like Gloria, Lana was certain that Randy would not have killed Rachel, as much as he may have wanted to. Heck, if he’d caused her to fall into the water, he was the kind of guy who would have stopped to help her back out again.

But if one of his friends had harmed Rachel, they must know that their continued silence would cause Randy not only to miss his wedding day, but also to spend several years in an Italian prison.

After she opened an internet browser, Lana’s fingers hovered over the keyboard as she tried to decide who to investigate first. Before she looked into a specific person, she wanted to find out more about Randy’s accident and its official cause. It seemed to be a recurring theme on this tour and the reason why Randy was terrified of Rachel.

She soon found a short article about his ladder’s collapse that confirmed the details provided by Randy’s friends. The safety catch broke while Randy was climbing over a crevasse on Disappointment Cleaver, causing the ladder to fold in the middle. The unexpected movement threw him off balance, and his leg got caught in between the rungs. When the ladder slammed against the ice wall, it fractured his ankle, calf, and knee.

Lana sat back, stunned that her friend had gone through this experience yet never really opened up about it with her. She’d known that he had gone through intensive physical therapy and still walked with a slight limp, but he’d always been vague about the details of his accident.

She finished reading the last few paragraphs, learning that the official cause of Randy’s fall was equipment failure. Both Heather and Rachel were suspended until an insurance investigation could determine whether either was to blame. Lana was unable to find a follow-up article.

Lana tapped her chin, thinking back to the conversation she’d had with Randy’s friends about his fall. Why hadn’t anyone mentioned that Heather was also temporarily suspended? His friends had been quite keen to tell her all about Randy’s suspicions concerning Rachel’s possible involvement. Were they simply afraid of humiliating Heather by telling Lana about it?

That must be it, she thought, deciding that she would have to ask the younger woman about her suspension. As much as she didn’t want to embarrass her, Randy’s freedom was far more important than staying on Heather’s good side.

The equipment specialist was Lana’s first target. She soon discovered the bubbly blonde had worked for Straight Up Climbs for eleven years, which meant she and Randy had started their jobs around the same time. Was that coincidence, or had Heather taken the job in order to be closer to Randy?

It was painfully clear that Heather longed to be a part of Randy’s life, though Lana still wasn’t certain that the young woman wanted to be his romantic partner.

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