Six Feet Under by Tonya Kappes

Author:Tonya Kappes [Kappes, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635113082
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2018-03-13T14:54:44+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“Are you sore at me?” Poppa hung on to the handle grip on the roof of the Jeep as I took the corner of Main and Oak on my way to the council meeting.

Duke’s head hung out the window. He gave a few low barks as we passed by people walking on the sidewalk who seemed to be taking advantage of the wonderful spring night.

“What on earth would give you that idea?” I asked Poppa with a sour tone.

“You are driving a little erratically and...”

I interrupted, “You know what? I’m mad at me. I’m mad at me because I know better than to talk to you outside of the confines of my...um...our house.”

My nerves felt like a bundle of live wires. Finn thinking I’d withhold evidence really upset me.

“Finn thinks that my morals have been compromised because of the conversation I had with you. I’m mad at myself for letting my guard down.” I looked over at Poppa. “At some point I’ve got to tell Finn that I can see you.”

“I’m not so sure that’d be good,” Poppa said. “Then he’d really think you couldn’t do your job.”

“I love that you and I continue to solve crimes, but I can’t let Finn think I’d do something illegal,” I said.

“You didn’t do something illegal. A thought’s not illegal, or we’d all be in jail for wishing someone dead,” he joked. When I didn’t laugh, he said, “You only thought about it. Though Deputy Vincent seems to be taking the moral high ground, the law is based on evidence, not what he believes.”

I parked the Jeep behind Jolee’s food truck. Duke ran up to her side door and gave a loud bark to let her know he was there, and like every other time, she opened the door with a tasty treat in her hand for him.

“Hey there.” She greeted me with a hot cup of coffee. “Things sure have taken a strange turn since I went to help Ben.”

“What do you mean?” I took a sip, looking around to make sure no one was around.

“Business has been booming. I told him that I had to do my food truck tonight and left him swamped. He even hired two new bus boys. Can you believe it?” She smiled. “I got my old Ben back.”

“That’s great.” I brought the hot coffee to my lips. It was a much-welcomed salve for my troubled soul.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Finn walking into the basement through the door located at the side of Luke’s house.

“I have to head up to the mall tomorrow. Do you want to go?” Jolee asked.

“I can’t. I’ve got to check out some leads,” I said.

Mundy was on my mind. I needed to get his history and fast. I also hoped Tom Geary would get back to me with some preliminary results from the items from Chef Mundy’s room at the inn. “I better get inside.” I turned and headed toward the door.

The crowd outside of Luke Jones’s house had made its way into the basement.

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