Poisonous by Allison Brennan

Author:Allison Brennan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Romance, Murder, Romantic Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense, United States, Suspense, Women Sleuths, Mystery & Suspense, Thrillers, Crime, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 1250066840
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2016-04-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

A teenaged girl with sun-streaked brown hair answered the door. She eyed Max and David with both curiosity and suspicion. “You must be the reporters,” she said.

“I’m Maxine Revere, this is David Kane. Your mother is expecting us. Amanda, right?”

She nodded and opened the door to let them in.

Like her workplace, Jenny’s house was an eclectic mix of old and new. The design and furnishings worked together, from the rustic stained wood floors to the large colorful throw rugs with geometric shapes; from the plush oversized denim furniture paired with small, antique tables. Every surface had some sort of design on it—like the dried flower arrangements in the middle of the bookshelves to a collection of antique brass frames with ancestral photos on a corner table to an alcove off the kitchen with small shelves supporting a collection of antique salt and pepper shakers from around the world.

A little too much clutter for Max, but it was cozy.

Jenny stepped out of the kitchen, looking nervous, but she smiled politely when Max introduced David.

“Do you have homework, Amanda?” she asked.

“Finished,” Amanda said. “I want to stay, Mom. This affects me, too.”

“I just hate dragging you into this.”

“Where’s Tommy?” Max asked.

“He and Austin are playing video games in the den. Tommy was agitated and upset, I don’t know that this is a good idea. I told him I read the letter he wrote you, and then he was worried he hurt my feelings. I assured him that he didn’t, that he didn’t do anything wrong, but he’s so very sensitive.”

“I didn’t bring a cameraman because we’re just here to talk to Tommy about what to expect tomorrow,” Max said.

“I’m livid,” Jenny said. “That … that woman would make my son feel as if he were banished.”

“Unfortunately, as I told Tommy, even if we solve Ivy’s murder, things may not change at his father’s house.”

“Well, my ex-husband will hear a thing or two from me about that,” Jenny said.

Max understood Jenny’s anger, but it wasn’t going to do them any good now. “I didn’t show you Tommy’s letter to create friction between you and your ex—”

“Don’t worry about it. There’s been plenty of friction ever since that adulterous bastard left us for them.”

Odd, Max thought. Left us for them. Did Jenny think that Bill had traded one family for another? Maybe she did … but it had been more than seven years since the divorce. Max wanted to tell the lady to get over it … but who was she to talk? Max’s mother had walked out on her more than twenty years ago and she still had a lot of anger about it.

Anger, yes, but a deeper need to know why.

David cleared his throat. “It might be best if you avoided that particular conversation for the next few days. Our goal is to run the news segment, detail the facts, speculate on motive based on those facts, and encourage people to call the hotline.”

“We have some new information that may spark someone’s memory,” Max said.

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