Purrfect Star (The Mysteries of Max Book 70) by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2023-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

The next door we knocked on was Suzanne Palmer’s door. Only when she opened and we stepped in, we found that she wasn’t alone but in the presence of Jeanine Bishop.

“We would like to make a statement,” Suzanne announced, tilting her chin. “And we would like to do it together.”

“Captain Gerard told us that you talked to him,” Jeanine explained.

“Then he also told you that we know what happened on the Aurora?” said Odelia. She had adopted a kindly tone, as she often does. She clearly felt for the woman who had been forced to bear the brunt of Mr. Ross’s ill-conceived and unwelcome advances.

Suzanne nodded. Tears had formed in her eyes, and Jeanine now took her hand in support. “Robert Ross was an evil man,” Suzanne announced. “And I know I probably should have said something sooner, and the fact that I didn’t will probably haunt me forever, but... He attacked me. I fended him off and managed to get him away from me, but if I hadn’t succeeded...” Her voice broke, and it was obvious that the incident had made a powerful impression on her.

“You hit him over the head with his Golden Globe, is that correct?” asked Chase.

Suzanne nodded. “He needed stitches, so Captain Gerard headed straight to the nearest port where he received medical attention.”

“I thought Marcus O’Reilly patched him up?”

“Marcus isn’t a trained nurse, detective,” said Jeanine. “Like you said, he patched him up to the best of his abilities, but when Ross inspected his handiwork in the mirror, he had a meltdown. Claimed he would never work again with the kind of scar Marcus’s needlework would leave and demanded to be taken to a hospital immediately. So Gerard did as he was told, though I have to say Marcus probably did a better job than the nurse at the hospital did.”

“At least I didn’t have to come anywhere near the man again,” said Suzanne with a faint smile at the recollection.

“I served him from that moment on,” said Jeanine, “with Suzanne being relegated to galley duties. Which was a good thing for all involved.”

“And he didn’t try anything funny with you?” asked Chase.

“No, he didn’t. Said I wasn’t his type and kept complaining about his scar, which got inflamed at some point and gave him a lot of grief.”

“Those Golden Globes are pretty solid,” said Suzanne.

“Well, I just think it served him right. The man was a very unpleasant character. Possibly the most unpleasant client I’ve ever worked for, and I’ve been doing this job for almost twenty years now. Though we once worked for a family with kids, and they were also pretty awful. Both the parents and the kids.”

“Oh, imagine Ross having kids,” said Suzanne. “The horror.”

“What can you tell us about Sebastian Poe?” asked Odelia.

And so the two women told us all about Mr. Poe, though their account didn’t add anything more to the story than we already knew, unfortunately. They also thought that Poe just might be Ross’s killer but couldn’t be sure.

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