Greed & Deadly Deceit by Ruby Blaylock

Author:Ruby Blaylock [Blaylock, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

14

What Joshua Saw

Rory was doing a little cleaning of his own when Annie knocked on his front door. He greeted her with a spray bottle in one hand and dirty rag in the other, a confused smile on his face.

Is this a work visit or a social one? he asked as he made a sweeping ‘come inside’ gesture with one arm.

Both, Annie replied without hesitation. I’m avoiding work by paying you a social visit, does that count? She flopped down on his sofa and patted the seat next to her. Come, sit, and let me tell you the latest gossip on our guests.

Rory sat the spray bottle and rag on a nearby end table and sat beside Annie. Let me guess, one of them died?

Annie let out an exaggerated sigh. No, everyone’s still alive, she replied, but we’ve got another visitor who happens to know Melody pretty well.

Rory frowned. I thought she didn’t know anyone around here except for--

Except for her baby-daddy, Annie interrupted him. Apparently, Joshua’s father changed his mind and came to see Melody for a little sit-down chat at our place. Oh, and that’s not even the weirdest thing, she continued.

I’m not sure that’s exactly weird, Rory pointed out. Maybe the guy just realized he was being stupid for not helping out his own kid.

Well, apparently he’d been busy trying to help out our late neighbor, Mr. LaRue. The father of Melody’s child just happens to be Frances LaRue’s nephew, Robert. Or, Bobby, as he prefers to be called.

Rory let out a low whistle. Well, now, that sure makes things more interesting. Did he know about his uncle’s death?

Annie nodded. He seemed to, so I guess Emmett must have gotten ahold of Mr. LaRue’s brother after all. I wonder why he hasn’t called us and told us about speaking with the man’s family? I mean, it would have been nice to know that they might come knocking on our door, right?

Rory nodded thoughtfully. Have you called Emmett? I mean, it’s probably a good idea to just let him know that the dead man’s family have come calling on you.

Well, he wasn’t really calling on me, he was calling on Melody, who also knew Mr. LaRue. Apparently, she was supposed to be his home health aide several years ago but he ran her off at gunpoint. His nephew had been the one to try and get him help after some illness, but the old man was so stubborn he ran the pair of them off with his loaded shotgun.

Sounds about right, Rory mused. I wonder why Melody never said anything about knowing the old guy?

Maybe she just wanted to forget about him. I mean, I certainly wouldn’t mind putting that old buzzard right out of my mind. She sat in silence for a moment, then spoke her next thought aloud.

There was definitely some tension between Bo Michaels and Bobby LaRue, Annie asserted. LaRue was insistent that he knew Bo, which kind of seemed to make him uncomfortable. Mr. LaRue was just so pushy about it, she added, shaking her head.

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