Tomato Basil Murder: Book 7 in The Darling Deli Series by 9781530810352

Author:9781530810352
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Their eyes were caught not by a diner, but by the Lake Marion farmers market. David parked in an adjacent lot, and they walked over to the tables, where they got grilled hot dogs, two slices of cherry pie, and some fresh blueberries. They took their food over to a secluded picnic table in the shade of a large oak tree and sat down. Moira squirted packets of ketchup and mustard on her hot dog, but was too distracted by the questions running through her head to take a bite.

“Why did you ask Allison about the door?” she asked.

“Think about it,” he said, popping a blueberry into his mouth. “His hotel room wasn’t broken into. Chances are, he either knew whoever it was well enough to let them in, or the person who killed him had a room key themselves.”

“You think someone at the hotel did it?” Moira said, surprised.

“I don’t know, but it’s a possibility. If one of the housekeepers saw his watch, or maybe expensive shoes, or electronics, she might have decided to steal from him. Maybe he walked in at the wrong time, and she panicked,” he said.

Moira thought of Allison Byrd’s innocent voice, and how very similar to Candice she looked with her straight, light hair. Could the young woman have had something to do with Mike’s death? She doubted it, but she had been wrong before.

“What about the wine?” she asked. David raised his eyebrows, so she explained. “Mike didn’t drink very much, at least not when I knew him. He’d have a beer occasionally, especially when a football game was on, but he didn’t care much for wine. I can’t see him buying a bottle to drink alone.”

“Hmm… that does seem odd,” he said. “So you think it might have been someone he knew? Maybe a… lady friend?” He finished the sentence awkwardly, making Moira chuckle.

“It’s okay, we’ve been divorced for ten years. I’m fine with him seeing other women.” She paused to consider his question. “I just don’t know who would have it out for him. He was a friendly guy, and didn’t make many enemies. Obviously my friends all had it out for him when we were going through the divorce, but I highly doubt that any of them would have killed him, even back then.”

“You can’t think of anyone at all who might have had a grudge against him?” he asked.

“No… well actually, there might be one person. But I don’t think she would do something like this,” Moira mused.

“Tell me about her. Does she live in Maple Creek?”

“She lives about an hour south of us,” she told him. “Her name is Beth Gilliam. She was the woman that Mike had an affair with when we were still married.”

“She definitely has a connection to him then, but what would her motive be?”

“Beth didn’t know about me,” Moira said. “And when she found out Mike was married, she was crushed. She invited me out for coffee and apologized sincerely for what had happened.

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