The Glass House by Nancy Lynn Jarvis

Author:Nancy Lynn Jarvis [Jarvis, Nancy Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Good Read Publishers
Published: 2019-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

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The first words out of Syda’s mouth when she opened her kitchen door for Pat the next morning were a dismayed, “Oh, gee. Jeans and a baggy pink tee-shirt; that’s what you’re wearing?”

“Since when do you care if I get comfortable for a hard day’s work?” Pat protested.

“I usually don’t. It’s just that…if you at least tucked in the tee-shirt, I have a nice belt you could borrow. Or you could tuck in the front, French style. That would help. There’s no help for your flats, though. They look like they’re ten years old.”

“That’s because they are ten years old.”

Syda shook her head. “I can’t help with those. Your feet are bigger than mine, so I can’t loan you a pair of decent shoes.”

“You don’t look that fancy this morning yourself, Syda.”

“I know,” Syda blurted out, “but I’m not trying to impress anyone.”

“Neither am I,” Pat parried. “Syda?”

“Well, it’s possible that Greg forgot to take something with him this morning and he’s going to swing by to pick it up, and he’ll be here around coffee-break time, and so he might as well come in and have coffee here, and it would be rude to leave his partner in the patrol car, and so he might come in, too, and…”

Pat’s eyes were closed by the time Syda got to the end of her explanation, and she heaved an exaggerated sigh.

“It’s your fault,” Syda chastised. “You’ve been making it impossible for Greg and me to introduce you to his partner. You can’t blame me for getting frustrated and jumping on the only chance I saw of having you two meet. They’ll be here any minute. Tuck,” Syda mimed. “Tuck.”

Pat had just divided up the list, explained how to order questions, and called one woman so Syda could hear what she said, when Greg burst into the room and gave Syda a kiss.

“Hey, Pat. I didn’t know you were going to be here,” Greg said in a voice Pat thought was rather high for him. He strung his words together unnaturally, with even spaces between them. “I don’t know how I could have forgotten my book, but as long as I’m here now and it’s break time, how about we join you for a cup of coffee? This is my partner, at least for a couple more days, Tim Lindsey. Tim, you know my wife, and this is her best friend, Pat.”

“Syda, Pat,” Tim said. “Actually, Pat and I already met. I interviewed her about the Garryn Monteith murder case.”

Pat smiled at him and then at Syda. “Yes, he did.”

From the bemused expression on Tim Lindsey’s face, Pat thought he had been blindsided by the setup just like she had.

“Let’s have coffee. I just made a big pot for Pat and me,” Syda invited. “Coincidently, we are working on something related to that murder today.”

Tim didn’t need an invitation. He sat down next to Pat. “Oh yeah? What are you doing?”

“Pat had a run-in with one of the women in the class,” Syda started.

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