Valentine's Victim by Harper Lin

Author:Harper Lin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harper Lin Books

CHAPTER 9

“That was some cake,” Mirabelle said. “I should commission him to bake some for the cafe.”

“Let’s figure out who the murderer is before we do that,” I said.

“What, you think it’s him?”

“I don’t know,” I said honestly. “I mean, he had the right answers for everything. The murderer is always someone you don’t expect, right?”

“Except, you are suspecting him, so does that mean he’s not guilty?”

“I still don’t have the pieces yet,” I said. “This money issue might give us a clue. What was Lena doing with it?”

“Suzy works at the bank. Why don’t we ask her?”

Suzy was one of Mirabelle’s best friends. She came to one of our girls’ sleepovers last month and we all had a great time catching up. She was married to her boss at the bank and would probably be able to help us.

“So let’s go then,” I said.

“It’s lunchtime and I’m not hungry,” Mirabelle said. “We shouldn’t have had so much cake.”

Mirabelle called Suzy and asked her if she was at work. Suzy had just been out grabbing a salad but met us back early at the bank. It was perfect timing because she was booked with appointments and meetings all afternoon.

We parked on the street and went inside. Suzy came out to meet us. She was a perky blonde in a baby blue dress suit. When we were growing up, she’d been a frequent visitor to the Wild house, so she knew both of us well.

“How are you girls?” Suzy asked. “Mirabelle, you’re even bigger than the last time I saw you.”

“Watch it,” Mirabelle joked.

“I’m throwing a baby shower for Mirabelle,” I said. “Here’s the invite.”

I gave her the envelope. She opened it and laughed when the baby popped out of the egg-shaped card. “Cute! Of course I’ll be there. Come into my office.”

Her office was very bare. No window and just a desk and a computer like all the other offices on the hall. The doors were transparent glass so we could see through them. We sat down and Mirabelle explained why we were here.

“Lena Mumson? The woman who got stabbed?”

We nodded gravely.

“We just want to know a tiny piece of information from her banking transactions,” I said.

“Oh gosh. Okay. And you’re investigating her murder, naturally?” Suzy gave us a wry smile.

Mirabelle pointed to me. “She is. I want very little to do with murder investigations, actually.”

“Come on,” I said. “You think this is as fun as I do.”

“I could be kicking back with a glass of apple juice and reading baby books right now,” Mirabelle joked. “But anyway, any idea what Lena would do with that money?”

Suzy did a search. “This information is confidential…but since it is to help find a murderer on the loose, why not?”

She grinned and began typing furiously on her computer. After scrolling through Lena’s banking transactions, she found what we were looking for.

“She did deposit a cheque for $6840 from Sunstream Travel around this time last year, and then she made out a cheque a couple of days later for the same amount.

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