Murder Simply Brewed by Vannetta Chapman

Author:Vannetta Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Tate remained seated as Amber walked to the door and greeted Gordon Avery.

She had called the sergeant midafternoon and left a message on his cell phone. The meeting with the security firm had gone well, and she’d convinced Avery to stop by so they could speak to him directly, not to Cherry Brookstone. Avery had suggested seven o’clock at her house. Something told Tate the good officer had expected, or at least hoped, he would be alone with Amber. The expression on his face of real disappointment was genuine, but he covered it quickly.

Then he crossed the room and shook Tate’s hand.

“Didn’t expect to see you here.”

Tate almost laughed. Avery reminded him of his children, when they would wake up the week before Christmas and realize the grand day hadn’t yet arrived.

“Amber asked me to stop by.”

“So much has happened so quickly.” She opened the storm door again so Leo could saunter in, though he could have pushed through the pet door.

Spoiled, that’s what her cat was. Tate found it amusing.

Finally Amber turned toward them. “I didn’t want to leave anything out, and Tate has witnessed most of what I’ve seen.”

Avery removed his hat—a ball cap. He’d stopped by his home and changed out of his uniform and into jeans. The thought crossed Tate’s mind that perhaps he had considered Amber’s request a date, until he’d learned there were three of them. No wonder he had looked so disappointed!

“All right.” Avery sat down on the small couch, sighing dramatically.

Tate popped out of the recliner and motioned for Amber to sit in it. He pulled a chair from the dining room and placed it in front of the bookcase. They made an odd sort of triangle. Tate wasn’t sure why Amber had wanted him there. Perhaps for moral support. She kept detailed notes of everything on her tablet. He’d seen them. She’d even asked him to read over them when he had arrived at six thirty. Yes, she’d asked him to come thirty minutes before the meeting.

Together they had somehow become a team.

Against what, he had no idea.

“First I want to say that you should not have been offended when I handed this over to Brookstone. She’s an excellent addition to our force, and she can take care of whatever you need.”

“But, Gordon, you know me. You know the Village. I don’t want some new kid on the block showing up in her recently issued uniform. This is serious. Let her take care of monitoring the speed trap on the north side of town.”

“That’s not fair, and you know it. Cherry’s youth doesn’t prevent her from doing a good job, and your bad attitude toward her—and Jasmine—isn’t helping things.”

“I have a bad attitude?”

“You do.” Avery waited until Amber shrugged and nodded in agreement. “So let’s hear it. Whatcha got?”

“From the beginning?” Amber asked.

“Why not?” Avery sat back and placed his ball cap beside him on the couch. “From the beginning.”

Amber picked up her tablet from off the end table, opened it, and began reading.

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