Sunken Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

Author:Kathleen Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laurens Publishing

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Darcy held her breath. Granger had said it jokingly, but no one was laughing. Wade slipped a hand around her waist and gently squeezed the top of her hip, letting her know he had her back. Darcy leaned into him as everyone suddenly got thirsty and took a drink.

Jules held out his glass of wine. “Leon was a son of a whore, but he was one of us. To Leon.”

The others all lifted their glasses and toasted the man they all had motives to kill.

“Well, this has been fun,” Cash said as his film crew arrived. “But, I must comfort those poor women who lost a valued member of our community.”

Darcy looked over to where two women in their early twenties sat in short shorts and barely-there bikini tops downing shots at the bar. Darcy rolled her eyes as Cash sauntered away.

“Come on,” she said softly to Wade as Granger, Hugo, and Jules began to talk. “I’ll introduce you to some of the amateurs I know.”

Darcy and Wade made the rounds, talked about Leon’s death, and heard more conspiracy theories than she could ever remember. Including one about alien abduction from a hunter who swore he’d found an underwater UFO landing site. She was sure Detective Chambers would love that one.

“I don’t think we’re any closer to finding out who did this,” Darcy said as Wade led her to a quiet corner at the end of the long bar.

“I don’t think so either. I was hoping it would be clear who did it. And, the truth is, we don’t know if it was one of them. I wouldn’t mind punching a couple of them myself. Harper already beat me to it.”

Darcy felt her mood lighten as she laughed. “And he’s telling everyone he battled a shark.” Darcy was laughing so hard, tears rolled down her face. “I think Harper has a new nickname.”

“We’ll tell her tomorrow. It’s getting late. Is there anyone else you want to talk to?”

Darcy looked around. Granger fit right in as he and Cash hung out with a gaggle of bikini-clad girls. Darcy had watched from the corner of her eye as Granger made his way around the room talking to nearly everyone there. He’d even chatted up the bartender before bringing Cash a beer.

“No. I think I’ve talked to everyone I need to. And Granger seems to be talking to a lot of people as well. I was really hoping it would be clear who the murderer was. I hate being the butt of these jokes about being at the wake for the man I killed.”

Darcy had tough skin. She was used to spending long stretches of time by herself, and she’d grown up surrounded by members of the military. She was used to keeping her feelings under wraps and under control, but it hurt to have people mock her.

“Then let’s get home,” Wade said, taking her drink and placing it on the bar.

She liked the way he said home. She’d moved around so much as a kid before they finally settled in Key West.

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