Deception (Pros and Cons Mysteries Book 3) by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2025-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Olive asked Nova as they walked outside to the Jeep.

“That Matt might have something to do with this?”

“Exactly,” Olive said. “Maybe he doesn’t want us to do this documentary, and he’s trying to scare us off. Maybe he thinks we’re going to discover the truth, and he doesn’t want to blow everything.”

“It’s worth exploring.”

But . . . something was bugging Olive. “Matt really did seem grieved over everything that’s happened, didn’t he?”

“He did,” Nova agreed. “But what if Matt is grieved because he and his wife have dug themselves into a hole they can’t get out of?”

“I guess that’s a possibility,” Olive murmured. “But then there’s the whole USB drive. Why would Matt be taking pictures of his wife around town and putting them on a USB?”

“Maybe he doesn’t trust her either. Maybe there’s some infidelity going on—maybe between her and the doctor. Doesn’t that sound like a soap opera?” Nova raised her eyebrows.

“It definitely sounds like a soap opera—and probably a leap. Although . . . I have to say I’ve seen stranger things happen.”

“You and me both.” Nova nodded.

They paused by the Jeep, and Nova turned toward her. “What now?”

Olive’s thoughts raced through the possibilities. “Could you go back to the hotel and look more into Matt’s background? I’m not saying he’s behind this. But I am saying there could be more to him than meets the eye.”

“I’m inclined to agree. I’ll get right on that. And I’ll keep trying to get in touch with some of Rebecca’s old friends too.”

“Good.” Olive nodded slowly. “Between that and Mitzi going out to dinner with the doctor tonight, maybe we can finally make some headway.”

“Let’s hope.”

They climbed into the Jeep and took off down the road.

Nova hadn’t asked Olive what she was going to do. Maybe that was a blessing.

Because Olive should be pouring all her time and energy into this case.

But she couldn’t stop thinking about the man she thought she’d seen outside Matt’s office. The same man who’d met with her dad seventeen years ago.

Could he be the one who’d left that note on the back door of her house? The one that said, “Like father, like daughter”? The one who’d been in the woods and hit her over the head before escaping?

Maybe there were more answers in this town than Olive had assumed. Answers about her dad and what he’d really been up to.

She wanted to find out what they might be.

For that reason, she wanted to head back to her old house. Maybe talk to some neighbors. Maybe even talk to members of Jason’s family.

Someone somewhere had to know something.

Even though she had come here to investigate Rebecca, Olive was bound and determined to find some answers about her own past also.

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