Halloween Party Murder by Leslie Meier

Author:Leslie Meier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2021-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“If you are finished tormenting my daughter with your barrage of questions, Chief Alvares, I would like to take her home now, because it is well past her bedtime,” Dr. Reddy said, grabbing Pia by the hand, anxious to bolt out the front door.

“I am done with Pia, Dr. Reddy, but not with you, so I would appreciate it if you would just take a seat and be patient,” Sergio sighed, at his wit’s end. “I do not want to have to ask you again.”

Dr. Reddy huffed and muttered to herself, but did as she was told, sitting back down at one of the dining tables, Fendi bag in her lap, while gesturing to Pia to take a seat as well.

Hayley held her hand out to Randy. “Mind if I take a look at the video?”

Randy gave her the phone. “Be my guest.”

Hayley pressed PLAY and reviewed the video footage of the party again while half-listening to Sergio.

“Liddy, you’re up,” the Chief said.

“Me? Why me? You certainly don’t consider me a suspect, do you?”

“I consider everyone here a suspect,” he said pointedly.

“Including yourself?” Dr. Reddy cracked, annoyed, as Pia stared at the floor, embarrassed by her mother’s obstinance.

Sergio chose not to respond. He just flashed her an annoyed look before turning his attention back to Liddy. “Liddy, it’s late; we’re all tired. Just try to be cooperative, will you?”

Liddy dramatically sighed. “Fine. You can ask me anything you want. I have nothing to hide. I scarcely knew Boris Candy. I hardly had any interaction with him whatsoever.”

“Ha!” Mona piped in.

Liddy turned to Mona, right eyebrow raised. “You have something to say, Mona?”

“Yes! What about the blind date you had with Boris when he first moved to town? Did you conveniently forget about that?”

There was a long dramatic silence.

“No, I did not forget about that, Mona,” Liddy spit out with a furious look. “I have just tried to bury that awful memory and put it behind me.”

Everyone in the room seemed to lean forward, curious.

“It happened a couple years ago, right before Boris started as the new music teacher at the high school. Mona, for some inexplicable reason, decided to play matchmaker. He had only been in town for about a week or so when he came into Mona’s lobster shop—”

“He had never tasted a Maine lobster before in his life; can you believe that?” Mona interrupted. “So I set him up good with a three-pack and gave him tips on the best way to steam them. He told me later that it was the best meal he’d ever tasted. He was hooked. He came back every week after that. He seemed like such a nice, decent guy; I don’t know what I was thinking, fixing him up with Liddy!”

“Mona, Sergio is questioning me, not you. I do not need your needless and unsolicited color commentary,” Liddy seethed.

“Whatever,” Mona shrugged. “The floor’s yours.”

“Thank you,” Liddy said evenly, before turning back to Sergio. “In Mona’s cluttered, confused mind, she somehow thought the two of you would actually hit it off.

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