Dirty Weekend: A J.J. Graves Mystery by Liliana Hart

Author:Liliana Hart [Hart, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 7th Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

It was a somber walk to the Ables’ house next door. It was even worse knowing Mrs. Hargrove was probably staying with the man who killed her husband. Sometimes the people we were closest to, who we loved, were just disappointing.

The Able house was a red-brick Colonial with a circular drive in front. There was a three-car garage, and Lydia’s little red RAV4 was parked in front of one of the bays.

The rain wasn’t as heavy as it had been the day before—just a soaking mist—but the temperature was cooling and I found myself wishing I had warmer clothes to wear.

“I really don’t want to do this,” I said, as we stood in front of the door. “She’s already been through so much.”

“We’re just here to talk to him,” Jack said, ringing the doorbell. “That’s all we can do until we can get some proof.”

“Sheriff,” Ada Able said when she opened the door. “Dr. Graves. Come in, come in. Get out of the wet. Lydia is here if you’re looking for her.”

“We’d like to talk to her for a few minutes if she’s able,” Jack said. “We won’t take up much of her time.”

Ada was dressed in yoga pants and an oversized T-shirt, and she was wearing sneakers.

“Sorry, you caught me in the middle of my workout,” she said. “I haven’t really known what to do with myself this morning. Lydia wanted some alone time to start making arrangements and Derek and Joe went up to the school with the rest of the team. The principal called an impromptu memorial service. This has been so hard on the kids.”

I guessed we wouldn’t be talking to Joe Able after all.

“Let me run and get Lydia for you,” she said. “You can make yourselves comfortable in the front living room.”

“We’ll go by the school,” Jack said, reading my mind. “I don’t want to let too much time pass.” He was on his phone, rapidly sending a text. “I want the fingerprint techs back here now. Able has open access to the house. I don’t want him going back over in case there’s evidence we missed.”

“It would help if he had the helmet in his trunk or something,” I said.

“We’ll get there,” Jack said. “All we have right now is suspicion. I don’t have enough to get a search warrant for anyone.”

I heard the footsteps coming down the hall and Lydia peeked around the doorframe. “Jack…Jaye,” she said. “I didn’t think I’d see you back so soon. Is it… Are you finished with everything? When can I have Steve back?” Then she looked at me and my heart broke at the brave face she was trying to put on. But the grief in her eyes was plain for anyone to see.

“Come in and sit down,” Jack said, taking her gently by the arm. “We’ll talk about all of that. Do you want something to drink?”

I was surprised at the chuckle she gave as she shook her head. “I may never drink anything again.

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