Never Dead (Welcome To Dead House Book 1) by M.L. Bullock

Author:M.L. Bullock [Bullock, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-04-02T05:00:00+00:00

12

Kevin

Nobody questioned me when I returned to the office with a stack of paperwork. Technically, I was supposed to keep quiet about my cases, but I was eager to talk to someone about them, and Tamara Garvey. Two other deputies were in the break room, the shift about to change, but I didn’t see hide nor hair of Sheriff Jarvis. It felt like everyone knew I was working the cold case files and gave me a wide berth. I'd never been singled out for such a task, so I wasn't sure how much my involvement in this special assignment would stir the pot.

I had never been one to get involved in office politics, and I didn't want to start now. I waved goodbye to Willie Mae as I hung up the keys to the patrol car and exited the office. I was only a few days into this investigation, and I was extremely frustrated. Annie Hensley's friends either didn't want to share information or they didn't know anything.

No, Annie wasn't dating anyone when she died.

No, Annie wasn't on drugs or involved in anything illegal.

No. No. No.

How did this professional woman with no personal life and no ties to anything illegal end up dead by Black Snake Creek?

I’d managed to track down an ex-boyfriend of hers, but he wasn't much help either. He hadn’t seen Annie for a few months before her death, so it wasn't much of a lead. I ran his alibi and verified there was no possible way he was anywhere in or around Crystal Springs on the night of her murder. He was in another part of the country so if that wasn’t a rock-solid alibi, I didn’t know what was.

I needed to get my mind on something else, and the unexpected invitation from Tamara Garvey fit the bill. I’d been dying to get back in the house, so I sure wasn’t going to pass this opportunity up. Not to mention, I was pretty handy with a crowbar. Of course, I planned on keeping as much information to myself as possible. I’d give her a few crumbs about past deaths around the Ridaught Plantation for her book or her amusement. I couldn’t be sure which.

Tamara said six o’clock, but I was ready to go at five-thirty. I killed some time drinking half a beer before heading out. I thought I should have worn my uniform and not blue jeans. Was she expecting Deputy Patrick or plain old Kevin Patrick? She’d offered me dinner, so I imagined this was technically a social call. I couldn’t go empty-handed.

What did you bring to a dinner invitation? Flowers? No. That would indicate this was a date, and it wasn’t.

I sailed into Edward’s Pharmacy and patrolled the aisles for a suitable thanks-for-the-dinner-invitation gift. I didn’t think wine or beer would be appropriate. Not everyone drank alcohol. It was a possibility Tamara Garvey was in recovery or not a drinker, and if I brought her booze, it would mean I was enabling her. I couldn’t have that on my conscience.

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