Gretel Koch Jewel Thief Box Set by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Gretel stared at Jack, processing the information he’d just delivered. Josephine Welch’s second husband was on the boat when her first husband died. What a coincidence. “I had no idea. You would’ve thought she’d have said something about that.”

“It wasn’t hard to find out, so it’s odd that Josephine didn’t come right out and tell us. It was all over the papers at the time.”

“I’d love to know more about it.”

“I can pull them up on the computer for you when I get back to the office.” He made a call to the officer who’d been holding Gizelle only to be told that she and her step-uncle lawyer had just left.

As soon as he ended the call, Gretel said, “Glen owned the boat, Earl died and then Glen married Earl’s widow. I could let my imagination run wild there.”

“Yes, but remember, we’re dealing in facts and facts are not facts unless we have the evidence to prove they are. I’ll pull the file on the accident and see what it says.”

“Good. And notice how she threw her servants under the bus? There was no need to mention the cufflinks incident. Seems she was diverting unwanted attention to her poor old servants.”

“Maybe she was nervous, and her mouth ran away with her.”

“It’s possible I suppose. Jack, do you think there would be a day soon when you don’t need me? I’ve got some things to take care of.”

“Like what?”

She wasn’t expecting him to be so intrusive. “Errands.”

“Personal errands?”

“That’s right.” She held out her fingernails. “I haven’t had these redone since I’ve been out of prison, and it was a while before that when they were done last.”

“They look fine to me.”

“They’re dreadful.”

He shook his head. “There will be plenty of time for that later. Don’t forget someone wants you out of the way. I think errands can wait. I’ll order us Chinese. We can eat and then dig into the files.”

“Don’t I need to be classified or something to look at the documents, look in the files?”

“I say you can, that’s good enough.” She stared at him and he glanced over at her. “What do you want? Holy water sprinkled on you?”

“No, please, anything but.” She giggled. “I might disappear.”

“They’re not that confidential. They’re murder files and they’re not leaving my office. You’re merely reading them under my watch.”

“Okay. That’s good enough for me. What if Josephine was having an affair with the second husband before the first husband died?”

“That would be motivation for Glen to do away with the first husband. It would go from being an accident into a homicide, but our suspect is dead, so ...”

“What about the other man who was killed? Did Glen also have a reason for getting rid of him, a two-for-one deal? Or maybe that man saw something he wasn’t supposed to see. He was a liability who became a casualty.”

“The possibilities are endless.” He shot her a smile. “Why don’t we wait until we read the file?”

“Okay.” She was pleased to have more time alone with Jack so she could get to know him better.

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