Prescription for Murder by Mary Stone

Author:Mary Stone [Stone, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mary Stone Publishing
Published: 2024-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Justice awoke to the sound of his phone ringing and jolted upright, scaring the hell out of his gimpy golden retriever. Laika fell off the bed and landed with the saddest whimper Justice had ever heard.

Fear flashed through him like a lightning bolt.

“Oh no!” He hopped to the ground and knelt beside him. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to. Are you okay, buddy?”

Laika licked Justice’s hand and struggled to his feet, his tail already wagging. The pup was the picture of resilience, but that did nothing to assuage the guilt in Justice’s heart. He scooped Laika up and set him back on the bed, petting his soft yellow fur over and over. “Are you okay? You need a treat, huh?” He kissed Laika’s nose. “I’ma get you a treat.”

Max barked from his own spot in bed and shook his silly butt. He didn’t understand many words, but treat got him groovin’ every time.

The phone carried on ringing as Justice went to the kitchen to fetch two pigs’ ears. When he returned to his bedroom, he climbed under the covers and tried to pull Laika onto his lap to comfort him, but the ten-month-old puppy wriggled with excitement.

Justice goaded him closer with the pig’s ear and got him to lay down on his lap. Laika’s hind legs had been broken a little over a month ago, on the same night his previous owner was murdered. It was what had brought the two of them together.

Now the retriever acted like a brand-new pup, ready to give his newly healed limbs a spin.

Max barked and lunged at Justice, ready to wrestle the other pig’s ear out of his hand. Laika rolled onto his back, exposing his belly, his tail slapping the bed. Justice laughed and wrestled his silly babies.

His phone started to ring again. Finally reassured that Laika was okay, Justice answered.

“Hall.”

“He’s dead!” Carolina shrieked, desperation clogging her voice. “They killed him!”

“Russell?” Justice pushed Laika off his lap and rolled to his feet. He was dressed in nothing but socks and old boxer briefs.

“I fell asleep. They snuck in and killed him. Right behind my back. This is my fault.”

“Are you still at the home?”

“I told you he shouldn’t have stayed here. I told you what was going to happen. Why will nobody listen to me?”

“Carolina, please try to calm down and tell me what happened.”

“The doctor found morphine in his IV drip. A ton of it. They murdered him.”

Justice’s interest in the case had been waning until that very moment. His heart thrummed, and his body tingled. If Russell and Bessie had been making trouble for Rose Hastings, then maybe Carolina had been right all along.

“I’m on my way.”

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