Hitches, Hideouts, & Homicides by Tonya Kappes

Author:Tonya Kappes [Kappes, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tonya Kappes
Published: 2019-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

It was Dottie’s day to open and work at the campground. On check in days, we both worked, but since the guests who’d already made reservations were all checked in, we were back to our regular work schedule.

After I’d left Dottie and Paulette, I had to regroup and that meant getting ready for the day and getting Fifi all settled with her food and potty. I grabbed my crossbody and took my notebook out of the drawer, sticking it in the bag. It was where I’d put notes and thoughts from the previous little sleuthing cases I’d stuck myself on. Maybe it would come in handy for Jay.

Not that I didn’t want to help Dottie find the person who broke into her camper, but it was hard to help out Paulette. She didn’t care who killed Jay. She only wanted the money he had supposedly stolen.

The only way to find out if her story about the bank robbery was true was to head to the Normal Library and pay Abby Fawn a visit. Exactly what I had planned after I finished getting ready, which gave time for the sun to fully come up, and the library to open.

The drive over to the library gave me a couple of minutes to think about Paulette and Jay’s relationship. Why on earth would Paulette leave Glenda here with Jay? Why would Paulette leave? Why not stay in Normal and raise her daughter?

“One little duck went out to play.” The little voices to the preschool tune sounded so happy and cheerful, not to mention out of tune and loud, when I walked into the sliding doors of the library.

The sign at the front of the library had the day’s events on it, and it just so happened to be children’s time. Abby was sitting in the middle of a group of little people with her hands tucked up under her armpits, doing her best wing flapping.

There were a few stray little ones that were flapping around the circle. Abby tried to reel them in but gave up after a couple seconds. Our eyes met. We smiled at each other. I stood there watching her finish up her song. She nodded for one of the library employees to come over and take turns.

Abby slipped away while the other employee began to read the book to all the children. “What on earth are you doing here?” she asked.

I was glad to see she didn’t seem to be out of sorts about me riding with Ty to the hoedown. “Did you hear about Jay Russel?” I asked.

“There’s more news?” she asked and moved toward the reference counter where her office was located behind it.

“Yeah. Apparently, he was murdered.” My mind curled back to the night I found him. “You know, it doesn’t make sense. If he was killed from a gunshot wound…” I let my thoughts stop when I had no good plausible explanation about how he got tangled into the electric fence.

“What?” Abby abruptly stopped. “I know that look of yours.

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