The Age of Inno-Scents by Renee George

Author:Renee George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Renee George

Chapter

Nine

While the trip to the kitchen hadn’t produced any revealing information or additional visions, we’d learned a few things. One, both Lynn Gleason and Tina Rothschild had been teachers, Lynn and Tim Dean had sunk all their money into this place and were in financial straits, and Robert Forester was supremely pompous. And quite possibly a drunkard. I’d estimated his age at late fifties, early sixties. Older than everyone else in the cast.

His speech pattern in the kitchen had reminded me of actors like David Odgen Stiers from M.A.S.H, or John Larroquette, from Night Court. I’d read once that Larroquette had developed his voice for radio. In other words, it had been an affectation, not his natural speaking voice. Forester had smoothly switched his voice between Principal Hughes and Tubbs Crockett, both different from the voice he’d projected in the kitchen.

“Come on,” I said. “Let’s go stalk Mr. Moore.” Aka Tony Morton.

“Who do you think Buzz is?” Ezra asked.

“Buzz?”

“The woman said that Buzz and T had creative differences.”

“That’s right,” I told him. “Tim Dean asked what was up between those two actors.”

Ezra took the playbill from his jacket pocket. “My memory is not nearly as sharp as yours.” He smiled. “There are three Ts, Tina, Tim, and Tony. We can rule out Tim because he’s the one who asked the question.”

“And Buzz.” I pointed to a name on the actor list. I rattled out my thought process. “Sawyer Johnson. Sawyer. Saw. Buzzsaw. Buzz.”

“Probably. There’s also Wendy Price. You said in the memory that the guy called the woman Mrs. P. Could it have been Wendy, instead?”

“Possibly,” I admitted. “It sounded like Winnie, but the names are similar.” I let out a growl of frustration. “This is the opening weekend. If the memory is right, that couple is plotting someone’s death.” I threw my hands up. “What’s the use of having this stupid psychic nose? Right now, it feels like a curse.”

“Nora,” Ezra said softly. “It’s a gift.” He cupped my face with his palm. “You’ve helped the police put away some really bad people, and in the process, you’ve saved lives.”

“But this is the first time we might be able to stop a murder. I don’t want to be part of the clean-up crew after the crime has been committed. If I can’t do that…”

“Honestly, Nora, we might not be able to stop whatever is going to happen. But, babe, it won’t be your fault. People are unpredictable. You can’t control what they do.”

“I know you’re right.” You can’t control the way other people behave, I’d told my goddaughter when her father had been arrested. You can only control the way you react to their behavior. Those words of wisdom I’d imparted to the teenager were not bringing me comfort now. “It doesn’t make me feel better.” Still, I managed to force a smile. “We’ll get the bad guys.”

Ezra nodded. “Okay. Where to next?”

Over the intercom, someone said, “All students, please go to the gymnasium.”

“Well, damn. Our density has been decided for us.

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