Stuck with a Stiff by Scott D. D

Author:Scott, D. D.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: police procedural, women sleuth, humorous mystery, dd scott, david slegg, farming life

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

After relaying my conversation with Mom to the Captain and Sam, it didn’t take long for him to decide he needed to take his investigation on the road.

The lake house was in the next county over. Captain Allen said he’d contact the authorities there with the specifics of what had been reported.

Since it was more than obvious who Sam wanted to ride with, and that wasn’t me, I thought I’d get a head start. At least I could try to calm my mother’s nerves before anyone arrived on the scene. So, I threw an overnight bag into the Escalade, in case it seemed too dangerous for her to stay alone, and hit the road.

Drumming my fingers on the steering wheel, I mulled over the crazy ass events of the day.

Mom still didn’t know about the stiff we’d discovered at the farm. I’d hoped to be able to talk to her about it face-to-face, just the two of us. I’d also hoped to know a whole lot more about what exactly had happened before having to tell her, but it didn’t appear that things were playing out that way. So much for wishful thinking.

What a pickle. Things certainly weren’t looking so great for me or for Sam either.

Sam. Samantha. Whatever. She’d always be Sam to me.

Speaking of Sam, what the hell kind of angle was she working on with this Captain? I’d known her long enough to know that she was up to something. Whatever it was, I just hoped she knew what she was doing. Given the precarious nature of our situation, there didn’t seem to be much room for error.

I’d made the forty-five minute drive along the winding river road to the lake house a hundred times before. It was a trip that had always calmed my nerves in the past.

On summer nights, it gave the comforting illusion of passing through a narrow tunnel with green walls. But under the cold light of February stars, those once lush walls were replaced by skeletal branches that seemed to be reaching out over the snow-covered path to snatch up unsuspecting passersby.

I tightened my grip on the steering wheel.

Sometimes, having a writer’s imagination isn’t necessarily a good thing.

As I neared the long lane leading to the lake house, I snapped back into reality.

I checked my rear-view mirror and noticed the Captain and Sam closing in fast in his Department SUV. So much for my head start. What is it about these law enforcement guys? Did every one of them have to drive as if they were in hot pursuit? I certainly wasn’t a criminal on the loose.

Okay. That probably wasn’t a good example at this point, seeing as I was the prime suspect in a murder investigation.

As I pulled into the curved lane, I noticed a set of tire tracks only partially blown over by the previous night’s snowstorm.

Someone could have parked there, and due to the thick woods, my mom would not have been able to see their vehicle from the house.

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