Grace in Hollywood: A Grace Michelle Mystery by Kari Bovee

Author:Kari Bovee [Bovee, Kari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947905139
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Published: 2021-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

When we arrived at the ranch I went in search of Lizzy. She was just coming out of the schoolroom, books in hand. The children were often done with their lessons by noon and had the rest of the day for chores, projects, and homework.

“Lizzy, I need to speak with you. After you take your books upstairs, would you meet me in the living room please?”

“Sure,” she said with a nonchalant shrug. I mustered a weak smile, my heart heavy with despair at what I had to tell her. I then took Miss Meyers aside and asked her to keep Susie after school. She could do her outdoor chores later.

Daniel and Ida were gathering their things, and I told them Chet needed them to start outdoor chores right away.

A few minutes later, Chet and I were in the living room breaking the terrible news to Lizzy.

A look of horror crossed her face. “That can’t be. You’re lying.” Her eyes darted from Chet to me and back to Chet.

I took her hand. “I’m so sorry, Lizzy.”

She ripped her hand away from me. “No. There’s been some kind of mistake. She’s not dead. She can’t be dead!” Her voice came out shrill.

“I’m afraid it’s true,” Chet said, sitting down on the coffee table to face us.

“But I—”

I laid my hand on her knee. “Yes?”

There was a knock at the door. I took in a deep breath, knowing it was Detective Walton. He’d said he be out to the house directly after seeing to the body. I wish he could have given us more time with Lizzy. It seemed cruel to question her when she hadn’t had time to even process that her sister was dead.

Chet opened the door and directed the detective to where we were sitting. He came around the sofa and took a seat in the chair adjacent to it.

“I’m sorry for your loss,” he said to Lizzy. “I’d like to ask you a few questions.”

“But why?” she asked.

He gave her a pointed look. “Your sister has been murdered.”

Lizzy’s eyes opened wide, and her mouth quivered. She grabbed my hand back. Hers was clammy and cold. Of course, she’d be in shock.

“Did your sister know Mr. Travis?” he asked, his voice calm, cool.

Lizzy looked over at me and then back to the detective. “Mr. Travis? I . . . I don’t think so.”

“Had you ever met Mr. Travis before? Before you came to live here at the ranch.”

Her mouth trembled, and her eyes pooled with tears. “No. Like I told you before, I’d first met him when Grace took me to work with her a couple of days before the party.”

“I see.” Detective Walton paused and leaned back in the chair. “Did your sister have any boyfriends that you knew of?”

She shook her head, her cheeks waning of color. “Um . . . no.”

“You’re sure?” Detective Walton interlaced his fingers over his protruding belly.

“If she had boyfriends, I never saw them.”

Another pause. This one annoyingly long. He took a deep breath.

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