A Villa in Sicily: Capers and a Calamity by Fiona Grace

Author:Fiona Grace [Grace, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fiona Grace
Published: 2021-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Audrey’s knees wobbled as she went inside to the kennels.

As she walked inside, deep in thought, she couldn’t shake the strange feeling that overtook her. Sabina had mentioned something about a cat she had owned that Dr. Mauro had supposedly killed, years ago. Sabina loved animals like her own babies. Sabina had transformed her home into a refuge for stray cats. If anyone on the island of Lipari could be called a stray pet lover, it was Sabina.

And there was a very good chance that a pet lover had killed Dr. Mauro over his unorthodox animal control tactics.

That meant that, as much as she didn’t want to believe it . . .

Sabina had motive.

Sabina wasn’t in the kennel area when she arrived. She hesitated in the doorway, watching Vito pour food into bowls for the cats. He was a good kid. Sabina may have been a little crazy, but she was all he had.

The thought of her being locked away in prison for murder tore at Audrey’s heart. She felt so sick over it that she didn’t notice Vito staring at her curiously. “Everything okay, Audrey?”

She nodded and swallowed. “Yep. Fine.”

“’Cause pardon my saying so, but you look like you’re gonna hurl.” He smirked.

Truthfully, she did feel like she was going to be sick. She swallowed the bile in her throat and shook her head. “Just a little tired.”

“Okay. Ready to start the exams?”

“Um.” She ducked her head out and looked up and down the hall. No Sabina. “Can you finish feeding? I just have something to discuss with Sabina. Do you know where she is?”

“Sure thing,” he said, pouring more cat food into the bowls. “I think she went out back.”

Audrey slowly meandered down the hallway, not sure how she was going to broach the subject. Did you murder the veterinarian? wasn’t exactly the best way of going about it. But as she walked down the hall, more and more of the pieces seemed to fall into place. As a shelter manager, it was possible Sabina knew how to administer pentobarbital. It was likely there was some on hand in the shelter, too, easily accessible.

That also meant that Sabina had the means.

When she reached the back of the clinic, she peered into the break room. No Sabina. She peeked into the storage room, too, but Sabina wasn’t there. At the last door, the utility room, she heard Sabina cooing something in Italian, as if she was speaking to a baby.

Audrey pushed open the door to find Sabina with a large white-and-gold-striped cat. It was wearing a flowered scarf and a straw hat, and looked rather miserable. “Oh, Audrey! Tell Bella how pretty she looks! I just gave her her bath, and now she’s ready for a night on the town!”

“You gave her a . . . a bath?” Audrey asked, tilting her head. Though Sabina was holding the poor creature down, Bella managed to get a paw loose and swipe the hat off her head. “Did she get

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