Thrown Off: A Cozy Mystery (Brenna Battle Book 3) by Laney Monday

Author:Laney Monday [Monday, Laney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Cozy Clue Press
Published: 2015-08-20T06:00:00+00:00

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I let go of that ledge like a hot potato, dropped, and rolled under the balcony, toward the building. I didn’t pause to find out if Hayley's downstairs neighbor saw me. I kept rolling until I was around the corner. I expected Hayley to scream, to call 9-1-1, but all I heard was some swearing, then her throwing open the screen door. Maybe she wasn’t going to call the police. After all, she was very likely a killer. Maybe she preferred to take care of business herself. What a comforting thought!

I heard an apartment door open and slam. Dear God, she was coming after me! I ran like the entire Cuban women’s judo team was on my tail, ready to pay me back for that little prank I’d pulled in the throes of exhaustion at the infamous Pan American judo camp from hell three years ago. I heard feet pounding down the concrete steps, but after that all I heard was the blood pounding in my ears and my heart slamming in my chest. I didn’t slow down until I got to my car, and then I dove in and locked the doors. I could handle Hayley hand-to-hand just fine, but if she was armed, well, I was a judo Olympian, but I didn’t have any magic ninja dust. My superpower was guzzling coffee and burning through just about any dessert in record speed.

My hand was shaking so bad with adrenaline, I struggled to get the key in the ignition. I got the truck started and took a deep breath. Be calm, Brenna. Be cool. I drove carefully, just above the speed limit. I didn’t want to attract the attention of the police. I’d left my reflective shell behind the bushes. If Hayley called the police, if they searched the area, they’d find it. And I was pretty sure Will had seen me wearing that thing once or twice.

I guessed that wouldn’t matter if I went to Will with what I knew right away. If I went to the police, could I be charged with something? Trespassing? And how much evidence did I have, really? Right now, I just needed to get out of here. I pulled over a few blocks away from home and made some notes about what I’d overheard. I was pretty convinced Hayley had been talking about me getting shut in the freezer. There was more than one person responsible for Millie’s death, in one way or another. Was Hayley still friends with someone at the store? Had she put them up to killing Millie?

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As I drove home, I passed Lourdes and Carlos’s house, and I saw police lights. My heart started racing all over again. Then their front door opened, and Chief Sanders came out, accompanied by officer Tony Pfeiffer. Between them was Carlos, in handcuffs. Without even thinking, I slowed and pulled up to the curb. Lourdes emerged from the house, shaking and crying. My favorite police officer held her by the elbow. I got out of my truck.

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