[Cutthroat Business 01.0 - 03.0] Boxed Set by Jenna Bennett

Author:Jenna Bennett [Bennett, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magpie Ink
Published: 2012-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The party – excuse me, funeral – broke up shortly thereafter, as all the Realtors – and Beau – ran off to their next appointments. I headed out myself too, although I didn’t have an appointment to go to. Before I went, I looked for Detective Grimaldi, to share what I had just found out about Heather Price, and to suggest that she look into the background of Beau Riggins, whom I knew swung his feather-duster in the house where Kieran had been robbed, and who, considering he’d been present at Lila’s funeral, might have a connection with the Worthington property as well. But the detective was nowhere to be found. When I tried to call her, her voice-mail picked up. I hoped her disappearance meant that she had caught a break in the case and was on her way to arrest someone for Lila’s murder, but in actuality, it probably just meant that someone else had dropped dead, and her focus had shifted from Lila onto some other unfortunate victim. I left my information on the voice mail and went home.

I didn’t have any plans for the rest of the evening, so once there, I did like Connie Fortunato and made myself comfortable on the sofa with a bodice ripper novel and a glass of white wine. But no sooner had I gotten to the first love scene, than the phone rang. The number on the display was familiar, and I felt my heart start to speed up. It took effort to keep my voice steady. “Hiya, Dix.”

“Do you want the bad news or the worse news first?” my brother answered.

I arched my brows. “I’m not sure. If you’re telling me both, I don’t suppose it matters.”

“And it isn’t like you care what anybody says about Collier anyway,” Dix said.

I pretended I couldn’t hear the sarcasm. “I prefer to make up my own mind. So you’ve spoken to Cletus?”

“I’ve listened to Cletus,” Dix corrected. “Cletus spoke to me.”

“I see,” I said.

“No,” Dix told me, “you don’t. I called him and said I wanted to check up on a story that Todd Satterfield had told me about Rafe Collier, and that was all I got out, because Cletus started raving. Is it true that Cletus’s ex-wife is living with Collier?”

“She’s taking care of Rafe’s grandmother,” I said. “They needed a nurse, she needed a job, and I don’t think Rafe’s there a whole lot, so I guess she has to live in. At least that was how he explained it to me.”

“It isn’t how Cletus explained it to me,” Dix said.

“Marquita is 300 pounds and has all the cuddliness of a Rottweiler. I’m sure Rafe can control himself.”

Dix didn’t answer. “He went on and on for hours – at least that’s what it felt like – but eventually he cooled down enough that I could ask him about Elspeth Caulfield.”

“And?”

“And he confirmed that there was something between them in high school.”

“Between Elspeth and Rafe?” Stupid question – the answer was obvious – but it gave me a few extra seconds to think.

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