Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies by Nancy Naigle

Author:Nancy Naigle
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2013-09-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The last thing Cody needed was for one of his buses to clip Calvin’s cruiser. He jogged over and guided the driver, then waved him off when he was in a good spot to shut it down.

Pete came barreling down off the bus. “Cody. We need to talk.”

“What’s the matter?”

“It’s Arty.”

Cody raised his hand. “I’m not taking his calls.”

“No. You’ve got to—”

“Look, you don’t know what all is going on. I said I’m not taking his calls. End of discussion.” Cody turned to walk away, but Pete grabbed him by the arm.

Cody gave him a have-you-lost-your-mind look.

Pete’s jaw set and his eyes widened. “Listen to me. No one is taking Arty’s calls.”

“Good. Then we don’t have a problem.” Cody strode off. He was in no mood to talk about Arty Max.

Pete jogged two steps forward to catch up with Cody. “We don’t have a problem,” he said. “But he does. He’s dead.”

Cody stopped so quick that his body lurched forward before he turned around with his mouth hanging half-open. “What?”

“It’s all over the radio.”

Cody raced back over to Pete. “What happened? I just saw him last night.”

“Yeah. That’s all over the radio too. Sounds like y’all had one hell of a fight.”

Scott walked up behind Cody. “I need to talk to you,” he said.

Is anyone going to give me any good news anymore? The last thing I need is a smitten cop with a confidence problem on my ass. “I just got some bad news. Can it wait?”

Scott put his hand on his hip just above his gun. “No.”

Whatever. “Fine. What ya got?”

“Arty Max—”

Cody cut him off. “Yeah. I just heard he died. I can’t believe this. Do you know what happened?”

“Some folks want to talk to you about that,” Scott said.

“Me? Okay, sure. He seemed fine when I left. Was it a heart attack?”

“No. It definitely was not a heart attack.”

Cody glanced over at Pete, then back to Scott. “What are you saying?”

“I’m saying someone killed him. We’ve got some questions for you.”

Cody jerked his head back. “Wait. What? Killed?”

“Apparently so. Can you come down to the station with me?”

“Yeah. Absolutely. Did it happen at the estate?” Holy shit. Dead?

“Let’s talk at the station.”

Cody fell in step behind Scott. “I can’t believe this. That place is a fortress. There are cameras everywhere. No one could sneak in unnoticed. Do they have a suspect?”

Scott’s eyes narrowed. “You?”

Cody took a step back. “No. You can’t be serious.”

Kasey ran up to them. “What’s going on? One of the guys just said Arty’s dead? We just saw him last night.”

Scott motioned Cody toward the car. Kasey jogged alongside to keep up with their long strides.

“You’re not going to make me sit in the back seat, are you?” Cody asked.

“No. Just get in.”

“What is going on?” Kasey asked.

“Just need to get a few questions answered,” Scott said.

Don’t be an ass to her. Cody opened the passenger door and propped a foot on the door sill. He made eye contact with a confused Kasey over the top of the car.

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