Missing on Main Street by sarah hualde

Author:sarah hualde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mom Detectives, christian cozy mystery series, Small Town Cozy Mystery, Christian Homeschool Cozy Mystery Series, Homeschool Mystery
Publisher: Indie Christian Writers
Published: 2019-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The following afternoon, Lydia sat in the restaurant wondering what she had been expecting. She was hoping the M. on the black and gold card was the same Martin on the restaurant name tag. Factoring in the odds, he was also working on this particular day on this particular shift made Lydia seem nuttier. She ordered dinner, even though she’d eaten on the drive up to Lewiston. Then she waited, praying for help from above.

Ivy had been in Honey Pot, and something had happened. Since no one noticed the exact day Ivy went missing, Deputy Gus refused to file a missing person report.

Don, her stepfather, was less than helpful and refused to offer any information to anyone who asked. He denied living in the same house as anyone named Ivy, even though common knowledge suggested the opposite. He also refused to admit Ivy was his stepdaughter. No clues leading to boyfriends or jobs or runaway possibilities slipped from his lips when interrogated. He left investigators confused, and Lydia perturbed.

Though evidence pointed to him being a violent despicable man, nothing led Deputy Gus to think Don manufactured Ivy’s disappearance. Even Kat and Flora accounted for seeing her in a healthy state after her supposed vanishing.

Flummoxed, Lydia was confident Ivy needed her support. But Lydia was helpless to give it. Her prayers and nightmares reflected her deep concern and worry over the girl.

“Your potato skins and a side salad.” Lydia’s waiter, Ben, set the food down without a clink of the dishes. “You need a refill?” He poured iced tea without waiting for an answer and pandered to another table.

Lydia picked at her food, pretending to enjoy it. No Martin nametag passed. She would have to ask. Next time Ben came near she waved him over. “More tea?” Her glass was still brimming.

“I’m looking for someone. Martin Levere. Is he in today?”

Ben’s brows slanted in opposition to his plastered-on smile. Lydia’s internal radar flared. Married to a sheriff for twenty years hadn’t left Lydia without super senses. She often had “notions” about people, glimpses of their inner selves and hidden motivations. She had a bad impression of Ben just like she had a foreboding about Ivy. Ben knew Martin and knew him well. She covered her heebie-jeebies with a smooth countenance and steady voice.

“Never heard of him.” Ben laid down a napkin and utensil set though it was unneeded.

“I heard he worked here. Maybe if I spoke to the manager, he could let me know which restaurant he works at.”

“Sure.” Ben exited, to the back, with a casual shrug and a quick step. His voice was loud enough to identify, but not clear enough to understand. Another male tone joined his conversation. Lydia remained cool, craning an ear toward the beverage center but not making eye contact. A waitress left the back, and the swinging door revealed Ben scuffling to the nearest window, facing the parking lot. “Dude, that’s her truck.” The doors closed before she could catch the face of Ben’s counterpart.

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