Laina Turner - Presley Thurman 02 - Necklaces & Nooses by Laina Turner

Author:Laina Turner [Turner, Laina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Boutique - Chicago
ISBN: 9781452446004
Publisher: Five Seas Ink
Published: 2011-08-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Do you know if Solange had a boyfriend?” Willie asked me. We had met up on his lunch break again at Harry’s. I wanted another one of those Reubens, which wasn’t a good habit to get into. I already had enough bad food habits. I didn’t need any more or I wouldn’t fit into my clothes.

“I don’t think so. I mean, she never talked about anyone special. She spent her time at the boutique or arguing with James. Since she wasn’t technically divorced, I’m not sure she was in the market. I don’t think she was all that interested, at least right now. Her main passion was the boutique. She had high expectations for Silk and focused all her energy on it. Why?”

“Just looking at the jealousy angle. James doesn’t have an alibi, and there is a lot of proven animosity between them. I also have an eyewitness who saw him leaving Silk the night she was killed.”

“How is that possible? I was only away from the store for about thirty minutes, probably not even that long.”

“I can’t go into a lot of detail, but someone did see him leaving in the short span of time you were gone.”

“Really? Why can’t you go into detail?”

“I want to check a few things out first. I’m not holding out on you, so don’t look at me like that. I just don’t want to spread false information. Keep in mind anything I tell you must be kept confidential. I could get in a lot of trouble giving you too much information.

“Okay, if you know he was at Silk right before Solange was murdered, I can see why you would suspect him a little, but is there anything else that makes you wonder?”

“The fighting for one. You yourself said that it was ferocious at times, and I have heard the same story from a few other people. He wanted money from her for Silk, and I’m sure from her inheritance. So in my detective eyes it makes for a good reason to kill someone.”

“Did you get that feeling from talking to him? I mean that he might be capable of killing?”

“Not really. That’s the funny thing. He seemed broken up over her death, and after the reports of the fights they had and their nasty divorce proceeding, that shocked me.”

“I sort of got the same vibe from him when he called me about the store. He was distracted, but not as much in an I-don’t-care way, but rather just, well, distracted. And as a lawyer, I can’t imagine that’s how he usually behaves. So, now what are you going to do? Follow him, watch him?”

“Have I mentioned you watch too much Law & Order? I told him the standard don’t leave the area without telling us until further notice, and we will keep investigating. Cases like these that aren’t cut and dry and often take time to filter through all the victims’ previous actions, like who they came in contact with and the like.

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