In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer

Author:Camilla Chafer [Chafer, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: humorous mystery, sleuth, Mystery, cozy mystery, comedy mystery, lighthearted mystery, fashion mystery, detective, romantic mystery, mystery series
Amazon: B07PFYCD9Q
Publisher: Audacious
Published: 2019-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I left Colin sobbing after being entirely unable to answer more questions but not before I made him promise to call a friend or his parents to come over and stay with him. Apparently, his mother was the churlish woman I spoke to earlier who answered the door of the main house but he did text a message to a friend. Despite the dejected failure he appeared to be, Colin was still a grieving human being and I couldn’t help feeling a lot of sympathy for him.

Before I left, I got the address of Alison's parents and with a little time to spare, I headed directly over there. They lived only a few blocks from my parents in a modest house. The woman who came to the door seemed to be around Alison's age with the same long, dark hair.

"Hi, I'm Lexi from Page's. I worked with Alison," I told her. "I'm sorry to stop by unannounced. I wanted to extend my condolences to Alison's parents."

"I'm Catherine, her sister. My parents aren't up to talking to anyone yet but I'll tell them you dropped by."

"Thank you. How are you holding up?"

"Me? Oh. I'm okay, I guess. I don't think it's registered in my brain yet that she's truly gone."

"I struggle to believe that someone would hurt her at all," I said. "Do the police have any leads? I heard they let her boyfriend go."

"Ex-boyfriend," Catherine corrected me promptly. "Colin is a doofus but not a psycho killer. I can't imagine why anyone would hurt her either. She was such a sweet person. A little too trusting maybe but she didn't deserve to die like that."

"You don't know who could have done it? Maybe her new guy?"

"The police asked me that too but there wasn't any new guy. She was too busy with work and pretty upset about ending things with Colin."

"Oh, yes, I remember now. She started some kind of new job. That must have kept her busy on top of working at Heavenly Handbags."

Catherine shrugged. "It didn't seem to but she did make good money. She was saving up to go back to college. The shop work was okay but never her life's dream. Just a way to make ends meet."

"What was the new job?"

"Actually, I don’t know. I think she was on the staff for sales parties or something like that. She never really said what she did and it sounds awful but we didn't talk much over the past month because I was away at work." Someone called Catherine's name and she glanced around. "I have to go now. Alison's funeral is at the end of the week. I hope you'll attend. I know Mom and Dad would appreciate seeing any of Alison's friends."

I said I would and stepped off the stoop as Catherine closed the door. While walking back to my car, I thought about Alison's side job. More money without a lot of work sounded like a questionable source of income. Despite Garrett's conviction that the cases weren't related, it still seemed to me like they were.

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