Murder at the Truck Stop: A Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery (Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Series Book 16) by Dianne Harman

Author:Dianne Harman [Harman, Dianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Kelly could see Snacks’ rig as soon as she turned onto his street. She wondered what his neighbors thought about what some would call a serious eyesore. When she parked her car next to it, she looked at the yard and the house and couldn’t help but compare them to Jet’s immaculate home and yard.

As she walked up the sidewalk an SUV pulled up to the curb and a man quickly got out of it. “Hi, you must be Kelly. I’m Snacks. Hope I didn’t keep you waiting long, but one of my son’s teachers stopped to talk to us and the time kind of got away from me. Sorry. Come on in.”

He opened the door for her and given what the outside of the house looked like, she was pleasantly surprised at the inside. It had a warm, comfortable lived-in look. Books, electronic games, and dog toys only added to it.

“Pick your poison. Couch or chair,” Snacks said as he sat down on a recliner chair in what she assumed was his usual spot from how well-worn it was and the way it was situated in front of the television.

“Thanks. I appreciate you seeing me.”

“Mind telling me exactly why you wanted to see me?” Snacks asked as he reached for a bag of potato chips that was on the table next to him. She noticed that a large wastebasket was next to his chair which was filled with multiple bags of chips, candy bars, and snacks. He held it out to Kelly and said, “Help yourself.”

“No thanks. I ate a late lunch. As I mentioned on the phone, my husband is the sheriff of Beaver County, and he’s got a bad case of the flu, as does most of the sheriff’s department. They’re staffing is at a bare bones level, and Mike asked if I’d mind talking to a few people, since I was the one who discovered the body of Kimberly Laughlin.”

“Okay, but why did you want to see me?”

“Quite frankly your name came up several times on the CB as being involved in a bookmaking operation with Kimberly that was run out of the truck stop. I’m just following up on that.”

He was quiet for several long moments and then he said. “Yeah, I can see where you’d want to talk to me. First of all, let me tell you that I wasn’t the one who killed her, although knowing what I now know, I probably should have.”

“I’m listening, Snacks.”

“I have an airtight alibi for yesterday morning. I heard she was murdered around 6:30. My wife and I had a parent-teacher conference with our son’s teacher at 7:00 yesterday morning. Most schools do their conferences after school, but not my son’s. They sent out a questionnaire at the beginning of the school year asking which the parents would like, before school conferences or after school conferences. It was pretty much unanimous for before school.”

“What was the reasoning for that? I remember my children’s teachers always held them after school.

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