Moonlight Avenue by Gerri Hill

Author:Gerri Hill [Hill, Gerri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642470277
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2019-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Dee still wasn’t used to the reception area being occupied and she stopped up short when Rylee smiled at her.

“Hi, Dee.” Then her smile faltered. “Or should I call you Detective Woodard?”

“Dee’s fine,” she said. There were papers spread out across the desk. “Busy day?”

Rylee nodded. “Fun day. Now I’m doing research.”

Dee nodded. “Finn in her office?”

“She is.”

Dee headed in that direction, then stopped. “How’s the cat?”

“Smokey? Oh, she’s adorable.” Rylee’s eyes widened. “Oh, my God…you’re not here to get her, are you?”

“No, no. I’m pretty sure everyone’s forgotten about the cat by now.”

“Good. Because she’s kinda got the run of the office.”

“Oh? I thought Finn kept her upstairs.”

“Only at night. In fact, the last I checked, she was in Finn’s lap.”

Dee laughed. “This I gotta see.”

The door to Finn’s office was wide open and Dee stood there, smiling as Finn swatted away the cat’s tail from her laptop.

“Got a helper there, huh?”

Finn looked up. “Hey. Yeah, she’s being a pest.” Finn picked her up and deposited her on the floor, only to have the cat jump back up onto her desk again. With a sigh, Finn stood and picked her up once more, tossing her out into the hallway and closing the door. “Should have done that an hour ago.”

“Rylee panicked when I asked about the cat. She thought I was here to take her away.”

“Yeah, I think you’d have a custody battle if that was the case.” She sat down again. “What brings you around?”

Dee sat down across from Finn and crossed her legs, wondering why she continued to come by here and discuss the case with her. There was nothing in Finn’s background—however interesting that background was—that indicated she was involved in any way.

“The Fraziers…and your parents,” she said, wondering if she should even go there. “So many similarities, it’s…well, it’s—”

“What? Bizarre? Odd? Ironic? What?”

“It must have brought back unpleasant memories.”

Finn waved her hand dismissively. “That was nearly twenty years ago. And I’ve done my share of surveillance on cheating spouses. The only odd thing in this case is that Daniel Frazier ended up dead and we assume the killer was his wife’s lover. The facts may be similar to my parents’ situation, but the circumstances are completely different. My mother’s lover killed because he was in love.”

She nodded. “I’m assuming you don’t have a relationship with your mother?”

Finn raised her eyebrows.

“You said at Thanksgiving—I think it was—that you had no family, yet your mother still lives here in Corpus.”

“I’m guessing you didn’t find anything in my background check that links me to the Fraziers. Is there another reason you’re curious about my past?”

She leaned forward. “Why so secretive?”

“Just because I like to keep my private life private doesn’t necessarily mean I’m being secretive, Dee.”

“Not secretive, I guess. Guarded,” she clarified. “And I suppose that goes for me too.” She leaned back in her chair, relaxing again. “I’ve been in Corpus for nine years. Nine years, Finn. And I’ve never told a soul about Angela or anything about my past.

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