Sandy Reid Mysteries the First 5 Box Set by Rod Hoisington

Author:Rod Hoisington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: female sleuths box set, mystery suspense, female protagonist, mystery romance novels, women sleuths mysteries, mystery box set, women sleuths box set, mystery collections, women sleuths box set, box set mysteries
Publisher: Rod Hoisington
Published: 2016-05-23T00:00:00+00:00

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Twenty-two

Two days later, the elderly parents of Bradford Ebert arrived in Park Beach believing they were going to help with the planning of their son’s funeral. Also, his older brother flew in from Illinois. The family suffered a major disappointment when they learned Jenna had decided against a formal funeral. She preferred to receive friends and family at her home. In any case, the medical examiner had yet to release the body pending an autopsy.

When Martin arrived at Jenna’s home for what she was calling a wake, he was pleased to note the bereaved widow was dressed quietly in black. She was entirely appropriate in manner and conducted the informal affair with grace.

Martin met and chatted extensively with Brad’s family who now seemed satisfied with forgoing a funeral after meeting so many of Brad’s friends here at his home.

Later in the afternoon, Jenna temporarily escaped the babble in the front rooms of the house and joined Martin for coffee in the kitchen. Jenna poured the coffee and they leaned against the counter. “Where’s Priscilla these days?”

“Unable to make it. She sends her regrets and deepest sympathy.” Priscilla had flatly refused to come. “She’s upset just like everyone.”

“I doubt that. She’s probably celebrating. Now she doesn’t need to pay Brad back.”

“For what?”

“I checked his retirement account online. Just as I suspected, he withdrew three hundred thousand last week. I suspected he was pulling something, however, I never expected it to be that much.”

“Three hundred thousand—good grief. Are you certain? Perhaps he merely moved it to another account.”

“He wire-transferred it to God knows where. The trustee wouldn’t tell me where because my name’s not on the account. I’ll have to intercept his statement at the end of the month. That might tell me more. I’m certain part of it went to Priscilla for the loaded Prius she’s driving. He even delivered the car to her personally.”

“How do you know that?”

“He was on his way to her place and stopped here at home to pick up an address book. I saw it in the driveway. Metallic red isn’t it?”

“Yes, that’s it.”

“How much more she got, who knows. He gave me some lousy flowers for Valentine’s Day. He’s messed around before. He doesn’t have a lot of money of his own and three hundred thousand is... damn it, three hundred thousand. Can you image how much it hurts to think he gave money like that to some whore? Nobody knows about it, and he won’t be asking for it back now will he? When I was a teenager, I thought it was incredibly cool that a smart girl could enrich herself if she knew how to use her head. I’m certain that Priscilla knows how.”

He squirmed slightly but resisted offering any reply that might cause a scene. Suddenly, she jerked her half-full coffee cup up and slammed it down into the sink, shattering the cup and splashing coffee on the counter. He was startled and almost dropped his own cup.

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