A Flair For Flip-Flops (The Sadie Kramer Flair Mysteries Book 5) by Deborah Garner

Author:Deborah Garner [Garner, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Mystery & Intrigue, Lifetime Love, Protection & Safety, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, The Sadie Kramer Flair Mysteries, Novella Length Short Stories
Publisher: Cranberry Cove Press
Published: 2019-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Sadie returned to the hotel after lunch with a doggie bag of leftover fish and chips plus two more shopping bags. One held the extra sarong she’d picked up, the other, an ankle-length yellow shift with a conservative slit up the side and a school of smiling fish embroidered around the neckline. She added both to the growing collection of beachwear in her closet and then moved to the sitting area of the suite.

It was only on rare occasion that Sadie opened her laptop while on vacation, but she always made a point of having it with her. After getting Coco occupied nearby with a chew toy, she fired the computer up and proceeded to search every celebrity website that she could find. Shocked at how much information came up—some possibly accurate, much probably not—she absorbed one trashy detail after another, trying to sort out fact from fiction. There were enough photos online to fill any fan’s scrapbook—red carpet poses, celebrity golf tournaments, charity events, even still shots from filming locations. In addition, there were pictures of GQ as a child, as a young teen, as a high school quarterback, and as the heartthrob adult who constantly graced magazine covers today.

After observing Kira Fairchild and James Chalinder together on the boardwalk, she’d grown curious about what role the woman really played in Garrison Quinlan’s life. Perhaps she played no role at all and the secret love interest rumors were simply that: rumors. Photos of award events showed her standing by Mr. Chalinder’s side but more in a coworker-type stance than anything romantic. This matched Sadie’s observations of the two at the hotel’s appetizer hour but not the closeness implied by their body language on the boardwalk.

As for Ms. Fairchild’s role in relation to GQ, there weren’t nearly as many photos of the two of them together, and most of them were posed group pictures. Still, a few blurry paparazzi shots told a different story, some closely matching the information Amber had told her before. One showed the couple in hooded sweatshirts and sunglasses, stepping into a limousine. Another showed Kira alone in a garden purported to be part of GQ’s Bel Air estate. Was Kira Fairchild actually the star’s girlfriend? Or James Chalinder’s? Or neither? Or… both? Well, it was Hollywood, after all. Anything was possible.

Sadie was convinced the online information was only serving to confuse her own observations. All in all, nothing she’d seen, heard, or read that day led her any closer to figuring out how Garrison Quinlan’s body ended up on the beach. She was still convinced her boat theory was the best explanation for him falling into—or being dumped into—the ocean, in spite of numerous companies indicating he wasn’t on any of their trips.

Unless… could it have been a private rental? That would be much more difficult to track. There had to be dozens, if not hundreds, of personal boats along the shore that people were willing to rent out. He could have rented one, taken it out, slipped on a wet deck, and bumped his head.

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