Sharpe Wit by Lisa B Thomas

Author:Lisa B Thomas [Thomas, Lisa B]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cozy Stuff and Such, LLC
Published: 2019-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

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BEFORE LONG, DEENA was elbow deep in red meat. She molded the ground beef into large patties as Gary prepared the grill. They ate hamburgers on the patio even though there was a slight chill in the air. They clinked their beer bottles together as a toast to Gary’s new business.

Deena laughed as Gary told her the day’s exploits with Vera suggesting inappropriate taglines to add to her telephone greeting. Apparently, Russell and Cliff had offered up a few X-rated ones. He showed Deena a picture he’d taken of all the leftover hardware from the furniture assembly, saying he hoped the conference room chairs would hold up.

Eventually, they got around to discussing the latest details Deena had learned about Kitty and Clay at the bank.

“Before you came home,” she said, “I was wondering what to do with the information.”

“Seems obvious to me,” Gary said and swallowed down the rest of his beer. “Tell Guttman.”

She nodded. “I was thinking about telling Ian.”

“You could tell them both, but I’d start with the police. You wouldn’t want to be accused of withholding information relative to a crime.”

“What crime?” she asked.

“Exactly.”

Deena and Gary picked up their dishes and went inside.

Deena set hers on the counter. “The police will want to know what happened to Rocky and what the couple had to do with his death, if anything. Maybe Kitty and Clay know his real identity.”

Gary rinsed the dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher. “I sure hope they weren’t involved in anything more than ripping off her grandfather, which is probably a crime in itself.”

Deena threw down the dish towel. “Really? Do you think the police know?”

“You said you talked to Ian, right? He may have told them.”

Deena’s cell phone rang. She saw it was Dan and almost didn’t answer.

As usual, he skipped the greeting. “A source at the station said they just picked up Kitty Cooper on charges of elder abuse. I don’t know if it’s related to the case, but you need to get down there right away. See if she’ll talk to you before she lawyers up.”

Deena let out a deep breath. “Don’t you have Crosby covering the police beat?”

“Deena, this is your story.”

“But—”

He hung up before she could pin him down. She set her cell phone on the counter.

Gary closed the dishwasher. “Dan?”

“Yep. You were right. Apparently, Kitty was arrested on a charge of elder abuse. He wants me to go down there now and interview her.”

“What are you going to do?”

Deena looked around and saw Hurley sitting by the door where his leash hung on the coat rack. “I promised Hurley I’d take him for a walk, and I think I should keep my promise. I can go to the station and talk to Kitty in the morning. Then, unless she confesses to murdering Rocky B. or something, I’m going to talk to Dan and ask him to reassign the story.”

“Good for you.” Gary followed her to the front door. “Hopefully there won’t be any major crimes to deal with for a while.

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