Definitely Dead (An Empty Nest Mystery) by Lois Winston

Author:Lois Winston [Winston, Lois]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

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“I want you to promise me you won’t confront any of those other women without me,” said Blake. “I’ll be home by two. We’ll go together.”

“What about Little Miss Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?”

“I’ll handle her.”

“How?”

“I don’t know, Gracie, but you can’t just get up in her face and accuse her of hacking into your computer and setting you up. That’s not going to accomplish anything. Besides, you have no proof, only a hunch.”

Always the logical one, my husband. I tossed him a pout. “I suppose she wouldn’t answer my questions, anyway.”

“Of course, she wouldn’t. Would you if the situation were reversed?”

Again with the logic. I didn’t bother answering, assuming the question rhetorical. “Call me if you learn anything.”

“I will.”

Blake kissed me good-bye, grabbed his java-to-go, and headed off to campus. I decided to make an early morning run to Trader Joe’s to restock our rapidly depleting larder in case our kids popped in over the weekend.

However, as I sat at a red light on Broad Street, a black Mercedes SUV with tinted windows turned in front of me onto Mountain Ave. Forget Trader Joe’s. My gut told me this was the car that had parked in front of my house yesterday morning. Trust the gut, I told myself and hung a right to follow the driver. What did I have to lose?

Real cops might have noticed a tail, but the driver of the SUV continued on totally oblivious of me. He didn’t speed up, didn’t switch lanes. However, leaving nothing to chance, I slipped on a pair of sunglasses and an old Westfield Blue Devils baseball cap I kept in the driver’s side door pocket.

My hunch paid off when the Mercedes SUV turned into the driveway of Larchmont Gardens.

The driver pulled into a handicap spot in the residents’ parking lot, even though the SUV bore neither handicap plates nor a resident parking sticker. I continued four rows farther down, parked in the visitors’ section, and watched as Remick and Craft stepped from the SUV.

Always trust the gut.

As the phony duo made their way toward the entrance of the Commons building, I tucked my hair up into the baseball cap to better conceal my identity, then followed them into the building. Once inside the lobby, I glanced around, spotting them just as they rounded the corner at the end of the corridor to my left. After sprinting down the hall, I ducked my head around the corner and spied the two men entering the solarium.

Cautiously, I made my way to the solarium entrance and stood off to the side, hoping to see them without them seeing me. I caught a glimpse of a broad back and buzz cut through a tall grouping of ferns and other assorted flora that screened off a back corner of the room. A seating area was positioned on my side of the greenery at a diagonal to the buzz cut. I made my way across the room and slipped into one of the chairs, grabbing a magazine to hide my face.

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