Kiss 'N Tell by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

By the next morning, I felt like an old rag that had been wrung out and left to dry under a hot and merciless sun. I considered just staying home today after the late night Jemma and I’d had talking and doing research, but I knew that sitting home would make me crazy, so I decided to go to the office even if I knew I wasn’t going to be able to get much done.

After parking behind the block of businesses I shared a bathroom and hallway with, I headed down the street to the coffee shop, ordered an extra-large with double shots and a cinnamon roll. After walking to my office, I sat down at my desk to eat it while I checked emails and decided what I most wanted to do with the day. I supposed I’d continue with the research Jemma and I had started yesterday unless a client walked in needing PI services. To be honest, as much as I really did want to get that first real client, other than Lizzy, of course, I was pretty wiped out today and probably not at my best.

As I nibbled on the cinnamon roll and sipped my coffee, I thought about the information that Jemma and I had found on Warren Cornwall. The idea that he might have killed my parents in order to access a fortune made me want to hate him, but on the surface, he seemed like a good guy. He was a tall man with dark hair and dark eyes. His complexion was olive, and his cheekbones defined. He was married to a blond-haired pixie named Giovanna, who my research provided was an heiress in her own right as the eldest daughter of a family owning a rival vineyard.

Between them, Warren and Giovanna seemed to own half of the acreage in the area. It was clear they were ridiculously wealthy, yet if the news stories I’d found relating to their charitable foundations were to be trusted, it appeared as if they were both generous and hardworking as well.

I was anxious to know what Adam thought of Warren after he’d had a chance to talk to him. The more I thought of the details contained within the story that Olivia told Adam, the more certain I became that the story Olivia told wasn’t the whole story.

Adam had said that Warren really wouldn’t have been motivated to kill Avery and me even if he had been after the money, which was still an unproven assumption at this point. I was only three years old. He controlled the money and the property on my behalf. Adam had made a good point when he said that Warren had time to do something smarter. Based on the information I’d dug up, Warren seemed to be an intelligent individual. There had to be more to the story. I supposed it was even possible that Marilee was simply wrong about whatever it was she thought she knew. Maybe she ran when she didn’t have to.

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