Decluttered and Dead by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Author:Carolyn Ridder Aspenson [Ridder Aspenson, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Published: 2018-09-18T05:00:00+00:00

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Belle was gone when I finished talking with Austin, so Dylan offered to drive me home. Since Uber wasn’t popular in Bramblett, and I’d have a better chance of seeing the Easter Bunny than a cab, I accepted. I didn’t mind the one on one time in my house or in public, but in his car, it felt a bit claustrophobic and a little too close for comfort. I had nowhere to go if the urge to run took over, and that made my fingers tingle and my heart race.

I sat quietly, tapping my left foot while he drove. My quietness didn’t go unnoticed. When your ex-boyfriend was a law enforcement officer, those things never did. “You okay?”

I nodded. “Just thinking about some things Austin said.”

“Care to elaborate?”

I took the invite and went to town with it. “About the two trunks. I can see Savannah swapping them, and that would explain Austin’s fingerprints on the one here.”

“That’s true.”

“And he said the event with the other woman was after Savannah left him, but that the timestamp is missing on the video.”

“He told me that also.”

“His parents are getting the original video.”

“I know.”

“And Savannah was already here when he was with that woman.”

“Can he prove that?”

I wasn’t quite sure. “Well, I met with her the day she got in town. And besides, can’t you verify it through her cell phone records or something?”

“There are things we can do, yes.” He glanced at me while at the red light. “You’re getting pretty good at this, Little Bean.”

My heart skipped a beat, and I had to look away. “It’s all that crime TV I watch.”

“Must be.”

Once I’d got my heart rate back to normal, and my house in my line of sight, I faced him again. “Did he tell you about the sorority brunch?

Dylan’s eyes shifted from the road to me and back to the road again. “No. What about it?”

“I guess Heather went off on Savannah and blamed her for everything wrong in her life.” I filled him in on the rest of the details.

He tapped his forefinger on the steering wheel. “Do you know who was at this brunch?”

“Not off hand, but there’s a Facebook group for the pledge class, so I’m sure I can find out.”

“Would you mind doing that for me?”

I perked up and straightened my shoulders. “Oh, like be your assistant detective or something?”

“Or something, yes.”

“I’m not sure you get what I mean by or something.”

He laughed. “We can discuss that later. How’s that sound?”

“I’ll stick with assistant detective for now.” I wasn’t sure I was up for any kind of later when it came to Dylan. Not at that moment. I pushed a blond curl behind my ear. “I really don’t think he did it.”

I watched his chest go up and down. “The evidence says otherwise, Lily.”

“Maybe on the surface the fingerprints do, and maybe Austin’s dishonesty makes him look bad, but when you dig deeper, the pieces don’t fit.”

“According to Austin. If he can prove that, we’ll see.

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