St. Patrick's Fray by Amy M. Reade

Author:Amy M. Reade
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798987290101
Publisher: Amy Reade

CHAPTER 43

Lilly's stomach fell. What did Perez want now? She followed Hassan into the living room. "Hello, Officers."

Perez started right in. "Mrs. Ashraf, I need to ask you a few more questions about the Judith Griffin murder."

Lilly's senses were immediately on alert. "Why?" she blurted out.

The tiniest smile lifted one corner of Perez's mouth. "Because I have more questions."

Unhelpful, bordering on rude, Lilly thought.

"Okay. Can Hassan stay?"

"How about just the three of us?" Perez smirked, gesturing toward Nutley.

The two women stared at each other in a nonverbal spar for a moment, but the winner was never in question. Lilly took a deep breath and turned to Hassan. "Can you take the baby upstairs?"

Hassan left. Laurel followed him upstairs. Lilly didn't say anything, but waited for Perez to speak. She knew enough to realize Nutley kept his mouth shut until Perez spoke to him. Perez was no doubt used to situations in which she was unwelcome, so sitting in silence did not seem to bother her. Unfortunately, it bothered Lilly to no end. She fidgeted, examined her fingernails, and gazed around the living room while Perez waited. Finally she could bear it no longer.

"What do you need to talk to me about?"

Perez leaned back and took out a notebook. "I want to double-check some information with you, then I have other questions I need you to answer."

"Okay."

"The day I saw you driving past Judith Griffin's house, you told me that was the only time you had ever been out there. You'd never been to her house." It wasn't a question, but Perez obviously wasn't restating the information for her own amusement.

"That's correct."

"You've never been out to her house?"

"No."

"Have you ever been out that way for any reason?"

"Probably. It's a local road, so I'm sure I have. But I don't remember when the last time would have been. I mean, before the time you saw me out there."

"Did anyone else witness the altercation between you and Mrs. Griffin at your store?"

"Besides my assistant and the two customers? No."

These questions were ridiculous, Lilly thought. What was Perez hoping to gain from gathering the same information twice? She had a suspicion Perez was just asking some throwaway questions to warm Lilly up. But warm her up for what?

Perez leveled a stare at Lilly. "Tell me everything you know about Emma Parker."

Emma? The police couldn't possibly suspect Emma of killing Judith. She was such a sweetheart. Lilly realized she was staring at Perez with her mouth open. She clamped her lips shut.

"I barely know Emma," she began.

"But she is a client of yours, correct?"

"Yes. I've told you that."

"How did you meet her?"

"She works at Ruby Red's and I met her there."

"How did she know you design jewelry, not just sell it?"

"Word of mouth, I guess. Or maybe I mentioned it to her at some point. It's public information."

"And what did she want from you?"

“I told you after Judith died that I was hired to design pins and ID tags.”

“Humor me and tell me what the pieces look like.

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