Honey Homicide by Vikki Walton

Author:Vikki Walton [Walton, Vikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780999440230
Publisher: Morewellson, Ltd.
Published: 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Officer Dale stood in the doorway.

“Officer Dale, hello. Can I help you?”

“Ms. Freemont. You were very helpful in giving us information before and I wanted to stop by and see if there was anything else you wanted to share that might help.”

“In what way?”

“As you probably know, Ms. Boswell has said she won’t be pressing charges.”

“Yes, she told me that. I don’t understand it but that’s her decision, not mine.”

“I think people want to believe the best of others, even when it’s not true.”

“You’re right.” Anne stepped back from the door. “Did you want to come in?” She stifled a yawn.

“No. Thank you. We’re just continuing to look into the fire at your friend’s shop and also the attack over at Bill’s. I heard they released him from the hospital.”

“Yes. He’s doing better. But…” Anne decided not to say anything about Bill’s decision to buy a gun.

“I hate to bother him. First, his wife’s cancer. Then the attack. It’s a lot for them.”

Anne nodded her head in agreement.

“Did he see anyone, hear anything that could help us find who did this?”

“No. He thinks it was kids and that the attack wasn’t planned.”

“Good. Good to know. That’s helpful. Anything else?”

“Do you know what’s going on at the Bennett place?”

He looked down at her, but his sunglasses obscured his eyes. “Like what? Why do you ask?”

“Stewart was just saying they are making the workers sign an NDA and now they’re putting up a gate. Seems fast for all this to happen right after the fire and the… “

“Yes, it was horrible about Ray Lawrence, but you know he was in with bad company. I’ve seen it happen before. People think they can make an easy buck and they don’t know how entangled they can get with criminals.”

Anne nodded her head. “Spencer told us that Ray was always trying to sell pot to the foster kids and at the high school.”

“Sad, isn’t it?” He stuck his thumbs in his gear belt. “You try to put people on the straight and narrow, but sometimes you can’t help them. Then someone gets it in their head to get justice.”

“You mean, like, a vigilante?”

“Well, it’s not my place to say, but think about it.” He ticked a list off his fingers. “Ray Lawrence—sold pot to kids, the Bennetts—pot growers, Bill Connor—pot in his greenhouse.” He shrugged.

The idea of a vigilante against drugs hadn’t occurred to Anne before. Maybe that was the thread that tied everything together. But who would…? She gasped.

“Yes. I see you’ve got there. Who would think they’re doing the world a favor by getting rid of—”

“But he could just arrest them.”

Officer Dale shook his head. “Unless he had caught Ray in the act of selling to minors—no proof.”

“I don’t know. Lori’s his cousin and I can’t see him hitting Bill over the head.”

“Maybe he thought it would cause a divide in the family? Maybe it was an accident?”

“I don’t see how it could have been an accident. Plus, being against drugs doesn’t mean you’ll burn down someone’s house and kill somebody.

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