Murder without Mercy: A Southern Witch Cozy Mystery (Witches of Keyhole Lake Southern Mysteries Book 12) by Tegan Maher

Author:Tegan Maher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magical Words Publishing
Published: 2020-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I’d just gotten into my truck thirty minutes later when my phone rang. I plucked it from my purse and smiled when I saw it was Hunter.

“Hey, you,” I said, switching to Bluetooth and starting the truck. “Any luck?”

“Some,” he replied, “but not a lot. It’s only the first day, and I lost half of it just trying to figure out who she was.”

“Yeah, running into Frankie was a real piece of luck.”

He didn’t say anything for a second. “About that. I called her mom, who’s one of the least pleasant people I’ve ever dealt with. I get that she just found out her daughter was murdered, but it wasn’t that kind of unpleasantness. She was just mean, and she didn’t sound the least bit heartbroken. Implied that Mercy got what was coming to her for making the choices she did.”

Repulsion washed over me. “Are you kidding me? What kind of mother does that? For that matter, what kind of person acts like that?”

“I know, believe me. It was all I could do to keep it professional. But she did give me the names and numbers of some business associates who weren’t too pleased with Mercy. Apparently, she was good at what she did before she left the firm and pissed off some high-power players by scooping their clients out from under them.”

“Yeah,” I said, doubtful, “but would somebody really kill her for stealing a sale?”

“Maybe if that sale cost them five million dollars.”

I about choked on the breath mint I was sucking on. “I’m sorry. Did you say five million dollars? As in, that was the sale or the actual commission?”

“That was the commission.”

“What did she sell? The Taj Mahal?” That amount was mind-boggling. I had a realtor friend, and her commission was usually six percent. I only knew that because when property prices dropped, she’d complained about working with a couple for six months just to earn three grand when they finally bought.

He laughed. “No. Apparently they focus on large corporate buildings in bigger cities. I was surprised, too, but I guess office buildings and apartment buildings go for a boatload of money in some places.”

It made sense, but I’d never really thought much about it. “So she scooped a client from somebody. I’d think that happens all the time.”

“Yeah, probably, but it was almost like she made it personal. There’s this one guy, Leonard Pugh, who she seemed to target.”

“He’s the one who lost the five mil commission?”

“Yeah. Times three. Well, the other two were only worth about two mil a piece, but that’s eight million dollars. And there was a woman named Melinda Barkley who seemed like another favorite mark. In the last few months before she left, Mercy swiped two sales from her. One with a three mil commission, and the other was a mil and a half.”

I did some quick math in my head. That was thirteen million dollars. Who made that kind of money in just a few months?

“What about her dad?” I asked.

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