Fudge Cake, Felony and a Funeral by Sherri Bryan

Author:Sherri Bryan [Bryan, Sherri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Goodreads: 25812467
Publisher: Sherri Bryan
Published: 2015-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The trouble with knowing someone as well as Nathan knew Charlotte was that it became very difficult to keep secrets from them.

Not that Nathan couldn’t keep secrets from Charlotte. He could when he wanted to, but he figured that as far as she was concerned, it was actually best to share some of his information with her.

He’d come to this decision very recently, in the hope that if she knew he was making progress with his enquiries, she wouldn’t feel the need to take it upon herself to go out like some vigilante crime-solver late at night … as had been the case during the last murder investigation in St. Eves.

He didn’t tell her everything, just enough to let her know that the case was moving along nicely. There was a definite method in his madness.

“So you’ve ruled out Ellis Potts and his brother-in-law?” Charlotte sat, cross-legged on the floor playing tug-o-war with Pippin and a rope toy. “I’m surprised about Ellis. He strikes me as having murderous tendencies.” She shivered.

“No, we haven’t completely ruled them out,” said Nathan as he pulled on his trainers in preparation for a run, “but now that I’ve questioned them, let’s just say that neither of them are the prime suspect at the moment. Of course, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they’ve both pulled the wool over my eyes, but if that’s the case, they’re very convincing actors.

“I’ll tell you one thing, though. The more people I speak to, the more I realize how disliked Miranda Potts really was. It’s pretty obvious that Greg couldn’t stand her, but after speaking to Ellis, I don’t think he liked her, either. I get the impression that he was just using her to get what he wanted.”

“And you say he has a woman tucked away in Spain, and he’s convinced that his wife is seeing someone else, too?” Charlotte threw the rope toy for Pippin and he raced after it, skidding on the wooden floor.

“Well, he’s not certain she’s seeing someone else, but she’s not paying him much attention and she’s been very distracted, so he assumes she is,” said Nathan.

“Of course, if she is, that would explain her hissy-fit at the café this morning,” said Charlotte. “I could only hear her side of things, but it sounded very much like she was arguing with someone who could have been a lover. I remember her saying, “’How could you do this to me?’, as though she’d just had some bad news.

“And on the subject of bad news, she left her backpack at the café and when I looked inside, I saw three letters from loan companies, all refusing her credit. She obviously needs some money for something.”

Nathan looked up from tying his laces. “Does she, now? That’s interesting. Although why would Bella Potts be telling Ryan that her parents have got pots of money if they haven’t?”

“Maybe she was referring to the money they’re going to get from Tom’s estate. Or maybe she doesn’t know they have problems.

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