Murder Ahoy! by Fiona Leitch

Author:Fiona Leitch [Leitch, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

We had breakfast the next day in yet another dining room, hoping to have a table to ourselves. New York was getting closer and closer, and if we didn’t come up with some answers soon I had visions of being carted off by the NYPD’s finest.

But wouldn’t you know, it seemed that half of the murder mystery players had decided to try the Atlantic Diner for breakfast that morning, too. The Bauers were at a table in the corner and greeted us with a polite nod, while Michael and Harvey shared a table with Lauren Donaldson and Peter Maguire, who we still hadn’t had an opportunity to speak to properly. All four of them smiled at us but didn’t speak. I began to feel paranoid again. Not long after we sat down Heather and Sylvia entered and took the table next to us. Heather greeted us in a friendly way - she definitely seemed chirpier than at the beginning of the cruise, and I wondered if that was down to the attentions of young Karl - but Sylvia blanked us completely. No need to ask what she thought about my innocence or otherwise.

We’d just ordered when Zoé came in. She spotted us and waved, then headed towards us.

“Oh no…” muttered Will, and I had to agree with him.

“I know,” I said, ‘but be nice. She’s an ally. She’s quite sweet, really…”

But before she could join us, Karl appeared. He glanced over at Heather, who nodded slightly in my direction, and made his way over to our table. Zoé zig zagged and sat down next to Sylvia instead.

Karl looked nervous, quite unlike the cocky Scouse lothario he normally was.

“Can I have a word?” he said.

“Of course.” I gestured to an empty seat. “Please, sit down. What’s troubling you?”

He sat down next to Will and lowered his voice.

“I heard you were looking for Rob - the steward who helped take Ms Meyers back to her cabin?” Will and I nodded. “I share a cabin with him.”

“We just want to talk to him,” said Will. “Please tell him it’s nothing to worry about, we’re just trying to pin down what happened. If he wants to come to our cabin to talk - ”

Karl shook his head. “That’s the problem, I haven’t seen him since the morning after the murder.”

“You mean he’s disappeared?” I exchanged glances with Will. Was this Rob lying low - or had something happened to him?

“I don’t know,” said Karl. “We’re not always on the same shifts, so I just assumed he was working - he’s normally on the pursers’ desk, so he does night shifts sometimes. He must’ve been back to the cabin because his clean uniform’s gone, but it’s weird that I haven’t seen him at all.”

On the next table, Sylvia and Zoé were eavesdropping furiously, leaning as close to us as they could without it being too obvious, while Heather studiously kept her attention on the plate of French toast the waiter had just brought her. I could see Zoé open her mouth to speak, and jumped in quick before she could.

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