Murder & The Monkey Band: High Desert Cozy Mystery Series by Dianne Harman

Author:Dianne Harman
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-09-27T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

“Laura, I don’t know if Carl will ever accept another appraisal of mine after you broke open the styrofoam head with the butcher’s knife and found the ring.”

“Yeah, it was kind of exciting,” Laura said, laughing, “Now what?”

“As long as we’re in the bedroom, I’d like to do the furniture and decorative items and finish up with the antique perfume bottle collection on the vanity.” The master bathroom was a huge room with a tiled floor, a large tiled shower with six jet sprays, a claw foot tub, and an antique vanity which displayed the perfume bottles. The bathroom overlooked the hills and the only window coverings were white silk tieback drapes. Brightly colored blooming orchids were placed throughout the room.

“Sounds good. Shall I be the official holder of the tape measure like yesterday?”

“That would work for me. We’ll start with the bed.” For the next two hours Laura held the tape measure and whatever else Marty asked of her while Marty painstakingly took the dimensions of the item and anything pertinent to it, recorded it, and photographed it.

At noon, Rosa walked into the bedroom and said, “I’d like to fix lunch for you, if that’s all right. It will be ready in about twenty minutes.”

“That would be great, and those sweet rolls were wonderful. Thank you. Actually your timing’s perfect. I’ll finish up everything but the perfume bottle collection before lunch, and after lunch we can tackle it.”

Twenty minutes later, they walked into the breakfast nook where Rosa had set out lunch for them on the table. “This looks fabulous Rosa. Thank you so much,” Marty said, “What do we have here?”

“I made stuffed avocados with a chicken salad filling and a fruit compote. The drink is a virgin pomegranate blueberry rickey. Mrs. Jensen had one almost every day at lunch. I hope you like it.”

“Thank you, I’m sure we will.”

A few minutes later the buzzer rang, indicating there was someone at the gate. “Who’s there?” Rosa asked as she pressed the intercom.

“It’s Detective Combs.”

“I’ll open the gate for you and meet you at the front door.”

A few minutes later Jeff walked into the breakfast nook. He greeted Marty and Laura and turned to Rosa. “If you have any more avocados and fruit, I would love some. I haven’t had time for lunch, and it looks like it’s going to be a busy afternoon.”

“I have plenty. I’ll be right back.” Jeff sat down at the table, “Well ladies, how was your morning?”

“Pretty unbelievable. You should have been here,” Marty said. She told him about the diamond ring, how Laura had a vision of where it was hidden, and Carl’s reaction to it.

“I’m with Carl, but I have to admire him for staying in the room. No offense, Laura, but if you’d walked into a room where I was with a butcher’s knife, I’m not sure I would have stayed around to see what was in the wig stand. That’s pretty unbelievable. I’m kind of sorry I missed it. Would have made a great water cooler story.

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