A Bidder End by Ellery Adams

Author:Ellery Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Publisher: Beyond the Page
Published: 2019-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

On her drive home from the Treasure Trove, Molly saw a gas station ahead and turned in. She pumped gas into her car, and after the pump clicked off and she’d paid, moved her car into a parking space in front of the station’s convenience store. She tried searching the White Pages on her phone for Iris’s home address, but after ten minutes of searching, she still hadn’t found it. Giving up, she called Lombardi.

“Hi, Molly,” he said. “We haven’t found Jasper yet.”

“I would like to know when you catch him, but that’s not the reason I’m calling,” she said. “I was hoping you could give me Iris Jefferson’s address. I can’t find it anywhere.”

“Why do you need her address?”

“I thought I’d drop by her house sometime. I tried to talk to her this morning at the Dolans’, but Helen was there, and I don’t think she felt comfortable talking in front of her.”

“All right, I’ll get it for you, but I’ll have to call you back. Give me ten minutes.”

“I’ll wait,” Molly said. As she waited, she went into the convenience store and bought an iced coffee and a chocolate glazed donut. She had just finished eating the donut when Lombardi called her back.

“I’ve got her address,” he said, and read it to her.

Molly typed it into her phone. “Thank you. I appreciate it.”

“I’d like to remind you that until I hear back from the medical examiner on the official cause of Brett’s death, it’s still being treated as a suicide.”

“I understand,” she said.

“Do you? Because if it’s ruled a homicide, everything changes. I need you to be careful about what you do out at Iris’s house.”

Molly knew this was his way of warning her off from doing something illegal or anything that might jeopardize a future investigation. “I’m not going to break into her house, if that’s what you’re worried about,” she said. “I just want to talk to her in private.”

“Good,” he said. “We’ll catch up later.”

Molly typed Iris’s address into her map app and saw that she lived seven miles from Laurel Wreath and Brett’s house. She wasn’t sure what time she got off work, and she didn’t want to call Helen to ask her. She’d get up early in the morning and try to catch Iris before she left for work.

When she got home, she found Starling in the kitchen unpacking grocery bags. “I’m making dinner tonight,” she said.

“Cooking isn’t in your job description,” Molly said, putting the shopping bag from Blair’s Flair on the table.

“I know it’s not, but I wanted to make you my mother’s chicken and rice recipe. Is it okay? I didn’t think you’d mind.”

“I don’t mind, as long as it’s something you want to do. And you give me the recipe.”

“I’ll write it down for you later,” Starling said. “What did you buy?”

“A vintage Geoffrey Beene dress,” Molly said. She took it out of the bag and held it up.

“I love it,” Starling said. “Is it for a special

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