The Death of a Celebrity Chef by Kee Patterbee

Author:Kee Patterbee [Patterbee, Kee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twice By Lightning LLC
Published: 2019-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

After the friends returned to the house, Vera and Louie drifted to another area of the house to talk. A lot had happened in the last twenty-four hours, and they needed time to sort things out. Cate, Buster and Hannah headed to the kitchen to start dinner. As they worked, Hannah expressed her concerns.

“All I’m saying is that something is off. It doesn’t feel right.”

Every once in a while, as Cate chopped carrots, she tossed one to Buster. He would catch it in his mouth like a dog getting a treat. This, in turn, caused Critic to whine for his piece.

“I’m never going to get this done with you two,” she declared. “Take him for a walk, why don’t you.”

Buster looked at Critic and shrugged. “Come on, boy, we’re evicted.” The two padded out of the room.

“Now, where were we? Oh, yeah, that feeling? It seems pretty clear to me. Three people. Three good motives. Now all we need to do is to find the right one.”

“I don’t know. To kill Julia, someone had to drug her before they smashed her head against a frame post. I just don’t see Jazlyn having that kind of strength. If Asa killed her for whatever reason, it seems rather sloppy for a man who is all about control. The drugs would have been enough. The violence would have been overkill.”

“You don’t think he could have done it in a fit of anger?”

“Maybe, but as we have conceptualized it, someone planned it, which does fit the profile. He strikes me as a man more prone to plotting than an outburst, hence, the control issues.”

“And Miller?”

“He is the most probable of the three. There’s also the issue of access. If this happened the way we are suggesting, he needed a means to get the barbiturates into Julia. He also had to take her to the gazebo, push her into the post, and dump her in the water. Does he strike you as a man that could plan all that?”

“Well, I have to admit it surprised me that Miller had the guts to approach Niu in person. Surprised he could convince her to leave it out of the report,” Cate remarked.

“Well, there was a lot of money involved.”

“But again, wouldn’t that go back to Asa? He is, after all, a billionaire with a big B. I’m sure Miller isn’t hurting, but I doubt he had the kind of money we saw floating around Niu’s place.”

“It wouldn’t be in his interest to work with Miller. If he wanted Julia dead, he could have just overdosed her himself. If he wanted Miller out of the picture, he would have just let him take the fall. I agree it was Asa who provided the money, but I believe both had more reasons to keep her alive than want her dead. Remember, if Asa let things just ride, he would have been the sole heir. But there was the issue of Vera and the will. We don’t know if Julia told him she wanted a divorce, or that Vera was her daughter, or about the will.

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