Evidence of Murder by Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Author:Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Religious, General
ISBN: 9781426828300
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2009-02-01T07:34:44.859000+00:00
FOURTEEN
“At least we know how Bastian got into the closet.” Sam stared at the jumble of items on the floor of her office—everything from the closet, including the shelving. After emptying the storage area, she’d found the interior end of the vent way in the back, the tin cover hanging by a single screw. The duct led to the outside and was open at both ends. She’d felt the breeze.
“It’s a good thing you discovered this before winter hit,” Jenna said. “Abel Morris must have been paying through the nose for heat with a hole in the wall like that.”
Hallie snickered. “I’ve got this picture of him at his desk huddled in a sweater, wondering where the draft was coming from.”
“I hate to bust your bubble,” Sam said, “but Mr. Morris never used this area as an office, even though that’s what it was supposed to be. Maybe the lack of a window bothered him. Not that a window would have been much to look through when your only view would be the alley and the wall of the building next door.
Anyway, the door to this room was closed and locked, and it was chock-full of junk just like the rest of the place. I cleaned it out for myself before I even roped you two into helping me.”
“That’s why he didn’t know there was a problem.” Jenna nodded. “Now you can fix it.”
“Sure, I can cover the holes for now, and I’ll put filling in the ductwork on my list for fall work, but I’m still left with a huge
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puzzle. For starters, how did my cat climb seven feet straight up to get into the hole? He doesn’t even have claws. Even if he did, as marvelous as cats are in their mysterious ways, they don’t climb brick walls. That means someone pretty tall stuffed him into the vent.”
Jenna humphed and nudged a box with her foot. “Maybe Bastian bit the guy who did it, and that’s how the cat got blood on its chin.”
“Oooh, smart thinking, girl!” Hallie held up a hand and collected a high five from Jenna.
“Okay, another conundrum answered. Maybe.” Sam picked up a shelf board and leaned it against the wall. “I’m sure Detective Connell will let us know results on the lab test soon.”
“Speaking of the police,” Jenna said, “shouldn’t you tell them about this?”
Sam groaned and rubbed a hand across her forehead. That headache had never quite gone away. Probably a product of too little sleep and too much excitement. Her bruises from the accident ached from all the activity of emptying the closet, and she hadn’t even gone for her run.
“You know what?” She planted her hands on her hips. “I’m going to wait until Connell drops by or calls. The way things have gone in this investigation, he’ll no doubt figure I let the cat outside by accident, and some passing vagrant stuffed him into the vent as a joke. Unless, of course, my substitute vase or my window casing yields the prints of some desperate felon.
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