Her Own Drum (Haverwood College Book 1) by Ali Franklin

Author:Ali Franklin [Franklin, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BL Kamm
Published: 2016-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

Grace paced the floor of her jail cell. She had replayed the conversation with Ryan over and over in her head, trying to pick out any piece of information she could use. For the hundredth time, she told herself to stay calm. It was going to take time for the new leads Ryan had uncovered to yield results.

She stuffed her hands into her pockets, frustrated with the shame of it all. What had she ever done to make someone think she was capable of murder? The worst thing that had ever been on her record was a parking ticket, which she had paid immediately, thank you very much. She had a job helping people who were less fortunate. She had never hurt anyone. She sat and punched her mattress.

Flopping onto her back, she picked up the book she had borrowed from the jail’s tiny library cart. It was an Agatha Christie novel. In Christie’s stories, the sleuth always found the bad guy while the police focused on the wrong suspect. In the meantime, a second person was often targeted.

Grace knew her case wasn’t as clear-cut as a mystery novel. But if no other suspects came to light, she was going to be behind bars for a long time.

Ryan’s news about this Abby person was interesting. Had Abby had a reason to hurt Cora? Grace wondered what the controller’s internet records would show. Not the ones that just anyone could get hold of, but the ones hidden in the nooks and crannies of the web. If anything damning about Abby was out there, Grace could find it. If only she had a computer.

She noticed movement outside the cell. The guards were going through the motions of their shift change. Grace drummed her fingers on her thighs, thinking.

“Hey, Linda?” she said. The body on the top bunk shifted and a dirty blond head peeked over the side.

“What?”

“Do they let us use computers in here?” Grace asked.

“It depends,” said Linda. “Why? You wanna look at some porn?” Her lip curled up in a sneer.

“I want to work on my case.”

“Don’t we all.” The blond shifted in the bunk so that she was facing Grace. “I hear if you’re really nice to the guards, like r-e-a-l-l-y nice,” she drew out the word, “they might let you have some time on one of the computers. Of course they keep track of what sites you go to.”

Grace decided to ask the next guard she saw for permission to use the computer. She hoped Linda was exaggerating and she wouldn’t have to do anything distasteful to get some screen time.

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