Murder in Hum Harbour by Jayne E. Self

Author:Jayne E. Self
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group

19

Geoff stared at me slack jawed. “What?”

“Hurry or we’ll lose him. I’ll explain as you drive.”

He threw the car into gear and the pursuit was on.

“Not too close. We don’t want Mike to know we’re following him.”

“I hope you have a good reason for doing this.”

I did. “You’ve been talking about the way the men disappear for days at a time.”

Geoff pulled out onto the highway, careful to let two cars fill the gap between us and Mike. “So we’re following Mike to find out where he goes?”

“Exactly,” I said.

“What if he’s just going for groceries?”

A rusted pickup pulled past us on the curve and I grabbed the dash. “Mike never gets groceries.”

“Then where do you think he’s headed?”

“I have no idea.”

We drove for a bit, surprisingly content with each other’s company. The scenery along that side of the cape always took my breath away and I stared out the window watching a small sailboat skimming the white tipped waves about a mile off shore.

We passed Cape George Lighthouse. “What else did Ross Murray tell you this morning?” Geoff asked.

“It wasn’t so much tell, as accuse. He knew I’d invited Rickie over last night.”

“I remember.” Glancing sideways at me, he grinned. “You needn’t worry. She’s not my type.”

I didn’t care who Geoff Grant found attractive and I didn’t want him to think I did. Even though I did. I stared out the window, piqued.

“You invited Rickie over,” he prompted.

“She wanted to get a vase for the flowers she ordered for Doc’s funeral.”

“Aren’t your vases a little pricey?”

“For some people, that’s part of their appeal. Anyway, she was so glad to talk with someone her own age and she let slip a few things Ross didn’t want spread abroad.”

“Such as?”

“Apparently Ross is strapped for cash.”

“Ross Murray? You must have misunderstood.”

“That’s what I thought, too. Then this morning Ross went up one side of me and down the other, accusing me of befriending Rickie under false pretenses. He said I was nice to her just so I could find out about his finances. Can you believe it?”

“I’m guessing from your display of righteous indignation he was right?”

I sighed. “Maybe. But in my own defense, by the time Rickie went home my friendship was sincere.”

“I’m proud of you,” he said. “I don’t think your old friend Lori would reconsider any action she ever started.”

True enough. Even when things backfired, Lori stubbornly stuck to her guns. There was that time back in high school when she bought one of Mimi’s cookbooks after Andrew ranted about Mimi’s desserts. She baked Mimi’s famous walnut brownies, hoping to win Andrew’s heart. Unfortunately for Lori, Andrew hates walnuts so he gave the brownies to Geoff. And when Geoff invited Lori to Spring Prom, Lori blamed Mimi for the mix up. She said Mimi knew the brownies were for Andrew, she should have warned Lori that Andrew hated walnuts. She caused such a fuss Mimi refunded Lori the cost of the cookbook plus five dollars for damages.

Maybe Lori’s current dislike of Geoff stemmed back to that incident.

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