Savannah Reid 10- Murder à la mode by G. A. McKevett

Author:G. A. McKevett [G. A. McKevett]
Language: spa
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-01-14T10:24:37+00:00

11

“Lance?” Mary gave Savannah a blank look.

But Savannah had seen that same look several thousand times before in her years on the police force. And she had seen it ten thousand times when helping her grandmother raise her eight siblings. She and Gran cal ed it the “Who? Me?” look. And it had other variations, like the one Mary was exhibiting: the classic “Me? Know anything?”

“Yes, Lance,” she repeated. “Where is he? Everyone was in the courtyard after the ‘accident’ except him. I just knocked on his bedroom door and he didn’t answer. It was locked,” she added, admitting that she had tried the knob.

Mary looked as uneasy as a cornered squirrel. She glanced right and left and swal owed hard.

“You can tel me,” Savannah said. “I’m not trying to get anyone in trouble, but we have to account for everybody’s whereabouts at a time like this.”

“Okay,” Mary said, “but you can’t let it get back to Alex.”

“I won’t tel Alex a thing.” I might tell Dirk and all the rest of the Magnolia gang, she thought, but Alex…no problem.

“Lance went home.”

“Went home?” Savannah’s heart sank for a moment. Was the contest over after al ? They could continue without a princess or two, but they only had one prince.

“To his apartment in Hol ywood. Just for the night,” Mary assured her. “He was worried that his neighbor might not be taking care of his dog, and, to be honest, he’d had about as much of Blackmoor Castle as he could stand and needed a break.” She thought of hearth and home and the comfort of unconditional kitty love. “I can understand that.”

“He promised me that he’l be back before Alex is even out of bed tomorrow morning.”

“But wasn’t Alex asking about him tonight?”

Mary shrugged and looked sheepish. “He asked, but I told him Lance was sound asleep, resting up for tomorrow.”

“When did he leave?”

“Right after the shoot. He sneaked away when Alex and I were going over tomorrow’s schedule.” Mary reached out and put her hand on Savannah’s arm. “You won’t say anything that wil get him in trouble, wil you? Alex gets al upset over even the smal est stuff. He’d have a fit over this if he knew.”

“He won’t find out from me, I promise,” Savannah told her.

Mary relaxed. “Thanks.” Then she added, “You know, Savannah, you’re my favorite one of the contestants here. Always have been.” Savannah grinned. “Now, if only the ‘Man of My Dreams’ agrees with you.”

“Oh, I’m sure he agrees with me,” Mary said with a bit of sadness in her voice. “For al that’s worth.”

“This stupid contest is fixed,” Savannah told Dirk as he examined the pile of rubble in front of the keep. “I don’t have a popsicle’s chance in Hades of winning it. Mary practical y told me so herself, and Lance, too. I’l bet it’s going to be that obnoxious Roxy—the advantages of sleeping with the producer—or maybe Brandy, who’s in cahoots with the owner of the place, the guy who’s paying the bil s.

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