book by Chosen

Author:Chosen [Decadent] (mobi)
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub

Chapter Twenty-Two

Luke had come to the conclusion that nobody knew Kate Evans. No close friends at school and the same story at the library. He’d sent her resignation letter and job application form to be checked by a handwriting expert. The signatures looked very similar to Luke but what did he know? He checked out the place where Kate sat. She’d left nothing personal, no funny post-its, no photo of a psychotic boyfriend. Nor was there a copy of her resignation letter in the library computer files, but Luke took a sample of paper with a few lines of writing from each of the printers. Another long shot. Inside her locker he’d found two paperbacks, both romances, along with a bottle of water and an umbrella.

By the time Luke left the library, he felt sorry for Kate. The impression he had was of a young woman who existed alongside her colleagues without them realizing she was there. No one recognized the guy from the sketch. Luke was running out of ideas.

He straightened in his chair as Flo approached. She put a list in front of him.

“These are the only florists who sold bouquets on Friday and Saturday that matched the profile. The one at the top, Del Florio’s, is nowhere near the victim’s apartment, but one of the salesmen, Bill Henderson, said he remembered a guy asking for the bouquet to be double wrapped. I figured it was a way of handling the flowers without worrying about leaving prints.”

“That’s a good thought. Go on,” Luke said.

“The purchase was made at five thirty on that Saturday afternoon. They have a time print on their sales records. The guy took a gift card with him. They didn’t remember the design he’d chosen, but the one we have is one they stock.

Henderson said the guy was in his mid-twenties, white, a shade over six foot, dark hair, slim, good looking.”

“Okay.” Apart from the hair, that matched the profile from the ATM incident.

“There’s more and this is why I’ve put Del Florio’s top of the list. Someone else has been asking about the bouquet.”

Luke sat up. “This could be worth dinner.” She rolled her eyes. Luke wished she’d looked excited.

“I’ll pick somewhere expensive. Anyway, last Tuesday, a guy came into the shop asking if anyone remembered serving a man around five thirty the previous Friday. He already knew the man bought a bouquet, the same one we’re looking at, but he wanted to know the name of the recipient.”

“Description?”

“Maybe better than that. Henderson said the guy told him he was a PI. Thinks his name was something like Brayson. He was older than the purchaser, but otherwise similar. He said he might recognize them both again.”

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