Seaside Secrets by Glen Ebisch

Author:Glen Ebisch
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Cozy Cat Press
Published: 2019-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Clarissa stood in front of Ocean Breeze Realty and tried to formulate an interview strategy. She had walked six blocks from the church to the pedestrian mall in the center of town where Ocean Breeze was located, nestled between an art gallery and a kitchen supply store. Crowds of spring tourists were strolling along through the mall, browsing in the shops and enjoying the pleasant weather.

When she had called Sharon Meissner to make the appointment, Clarissa had used her by now shopworn reason that she was gathering information for David Ames’ eulogy. Sharon had immediately invited her to come over and had sounded anxious to help.

After some back-and-forth with herself, Clarissa had decided that it would be best to take a gentler approach than she had with Owen Chandler. Sharon was probably grieving over David’s death and might yield more information if approached with sympathy rather than suspicion.

Clarissa went into the office and told the young receptionist staffing the front desk whom she was there to see. The girl nodded with a smile, and quickly made a phone call.

The woman who immediately came out of a back office was stylishly dressed, petite, and in her mid-fifties. Clarissa wondered what Sharon had seen in the emaciated man Clarissa had met in the hospital, but then she chided herself that no one looked his or her best when seriously ill.

“Hello, Reverend, nice to meet you,” the woman said, putting out her hand and giving Clarissa a warm smile.

“Please, call me Clarissa,” Clarissa said, shaking her hand.

“And I’m Sharon.”

The realtor led her into a small office that was slightly claustrophobic due the one small window being half-concealed by shutters. A large computer monitor seemed to dominate the room.

“So how did you find out that I was a friend of Dave’s?” Sharon asked, sitting down behind the desk.

Clarissa took the chair opposite Sharon. “I was doing a computer search on David and came across a newspaper picture of the two of you at the opening of a new bar in town,” she said.

“Of course, I remember that night,” said Sharon. “I was there because I’d helped the owner purchase the bar. I invited Dave along because they were going to put on quite a lavish private party. He enjoyed that sort of thing.”

Clarissa smiled. “Did you know David very long?”

“We went out together for about two years. Of course, I’d sort of known him before that. I’ve lived in Shore Side for over twenty years, so I’d seen him around town a few times.” Sharon’s face darkened. “My husband died four years ago. It was very sudden. His heart. I didn’t socialize for a couple of years after that, except for what I had to do as part of my work. Then I met Dave.”

“What was he like?”

“Older than I was,” she laughed. “It took me a while to get over the fact that he was almost old enough to be my father. We even used to joke about it.”

“I can see where that might be a problem,” Clarissa said.

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