Spell Check by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope [Pope, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub

10

’Til Death Do Us

Because it was a Sunday and therefore they were a little short-staffed at the San Ramon police station, Calvin said he’d bring up the subject of NancyAnne Nielsen with his deputy the next morning, since Ben Ironhorse, the one person employed by the tribal police who was a true genius with computers, would be there.

“I know it’s a little bit of a delay,” he said as he bent to kiss me on the cheek. “But I’ll have Ben working on it first thing.”

“It’s fine,” I replied, even though I wasn’t sure exactly how “fine” any of this was. We’d headed into the living room when we got home so I could sit in my favorite armchair and put my feet up on the footstool there. Of course, I didn’t get much of a chance to relax before Sadie came bounding up so she could settle herself in my lap, but that was all right. With the dog parked there and showing no signs of going anywhere else anytime soon, that meant Calvin would have to be the one to go into the kitchen and get me a drink of water, which of course he did as soon as I made the request.

He returned with the glass and handed it to me, saying, “That definitely wasn’t a wasted trip, though, which is something. I have to admit, I was worried we might not find anything of any use.”

“Me, too.” I sipped the water gratefully; yes, I’d had water to drink in the car, but there was just something special about a fresh glass of ice water handed to you by your gorgeous, thoughtful husband. “But if I’d only talked to Sara, I wouldn’t have learned much. It was a huge help being able to look at Jeffrey Sellers’ files.”

“That’s for sure.” Calvin paused there, his expression thoughtful. I was sure I wasn’t the only one to notice there hadn’t been a computer on the desk in Jeffrey’s shabby little office. Had he used a laptop, bringing it back and forth from work?

That seemed like the most likely explanation, meaning the computer must still be in his house or apartment…assuming, of course, that Henry Lewis hadn’t confiscated it as evidence. Maybe not; Jeffrey hadn’t died at his home, and that meant Chief Lewis might not have had probable cause to search the place.

But even if the laptop wasn’t tucked away in an evidence locker somewhere, it was still at Jeffrey Sellers’ residence, which meant I couldn’t easily gain access to it, either. I supposed I should just be glad that all the paperwork from the family court in Iowa had been just that — papers — and therefore he’d needed to store it somewhere.

So many questions crowded my mind — if NancyAnne Nielsen really had killed Jeffrey, was she still here in Arizona? Would she have left some kind of paper trail? — but I knew most, if not all, of them would probably be answered the next morning after Calvin got to work.

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