Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Author:Carolyn Ridder Aspenson [Aspenson, Carolyn Ridder]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal cozy mystery, southern cozy mystery series, cozy mystery, southern cozy mystery, paranormal cozy mystery series, cozy mystery series
Publisher: Magnum Grace Publishing
Published: 2019-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

When we arrived back at my house, after a quick run through a fast food place for Austin, Gen and I pulled out the emails and read through them again.

“These have a distinctly different tone than the others,” I said, separating the ones from the unknown Gmail account.

Why are you doing this?

Stop ignoring me.

I’ll stop you if it’s the last thing I do.

“They’re almost feminine,” I added. “Here,” I grabbed the ones from Harvey. “Read these. They’re not the same tone, so if Harvey’s our guy, then who is this person?”

“I just can’t see Harvey doing something as horrible as killing my husband.”

“Desperate people do desperate things.”

“Harvey’s not stupid. He wouldn’t write these emails where he’s obviously annoyed and then go and kill Jeffrey. He’d throw himself right under the bus.”

“You have a point. So, maybe he created a new Gmail account, and those are his emails, too.”

She narrowed her eyes at those emails on the kitchen table. “I hadn’t considered that, but it just doesn’t make sense. I can’t see Harvey as a killer.”

“Maybe you’re too close to it, but I’m not, and I can see him as a killer.” My cell phone rang. I glanced down at it. “It’s Jack.”

“Oh, maybe he’s seen the light and wants to get closer to you?”

“Jack? I don’t think so.” I accepted the call. “Hey, what’s up?”

“We’ve found Harvey Barrington.”

“Good. Maybe he’ll confess to killing Jeffrey and we can move on.”

“Mr. Barrington isn’t in a position to tell us much of anything.”

My heart raced. “I don’t think I want to know why.”

“Sounds like you probably already do.”

“Oh, no.” I held my phone out so Gen could hear, too, but left it off speaker in case Austin was within ear shot.

“We found him at the same location as Jeffrey Avondale with the murder weapon in his hand, and we’re pretty sure it was the same one used to kill Mr. Avondale.”

“He killed himself?” Gen asked. “I find that hard to believe.”

That was Gen. She’s listening, too.”

“Position of the body, angle of the wound, none of it points to Harvey Barrington taking his own life.”

"So, you're saying whoever killed Gen's husband killed Harvey Barrington also?"

“l can't confirm that, but based on what we know so far, I feel pretty comfortable agreeing with you."

"So, what happens now?" I asked.

I heard Jack sigh over the phone. "We continue our investigation. We’re running the prints from the gun, but like I said, I’m pretty sure it’s the same one that killed Mr. Avondale.”

"I don't understand what's happening," Gen said. She held her head in her hands and cried.

I held the phone to my ear. “Is there anything you need from me or Gen?"

"Not at the moment. We’ve contacted Jackie Barrington and she's on her way to town. You know her, right?”

“A little. Gen does though, obviously.”

“You might want to stick close to your phone in case she needs someone."

I patted my best friend’s hand. “You going to be okay? I’d like to talk to Jack some more.

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