Corpse in the Carnations by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Cozy, Mystery
ISBN: 9781773361413
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Published: 2019-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Where did you hear that?” Mack asked.

“Nan,” Doreen said. “Once she heard the Huberts name, she was all over it. … And Linda, the librarian.”

“I didn’t even think of that.” He groaned.

He muttered away in the background, and she could hear the keys on his laptop clicking. “It doesn’t mean it has anything to do with the other though,” she said quietly.

“No,” he said, “but the fact that we have a dead family member—and the license plate of course—always makes me very suspicious.”

“Of course it does,” she said. “But it doesn’t have to be related. Just keep that in mind.”

He chuckled. “Isn’t that my line for you? You’re the one always trying to make big bad things happen out of nothing.”

“Maybe,” she said. “But I have a lot to focus on right now.”

“Speaking of which,” he said, “a couple buddies of mine were talking about the problem with your house. Two of them are on patrol tonight, and they’ll take a couple drive-bys once an hour while you’re asleep. I think you need to take extra care for the next few days, until we get this straightened out. But they will continue to keep an eye on your place. And there’ll be no charge. Just concerned citizens giving you a hand.”

She smiled. “Thank you,” she said with heartfelt sincerity. “I really appreciate that.”

“So you should,” he said with a chuckle. “And now you owe me one.” He hung up.

Into the empty room she said, “Ha, you’re the one getting the credit for closing all these cases, so you owe me one. And, if my current theory runs true, you’ll be able to close yet another one.”

But it was too early to crow about that. She still had a little work to do first. As such, she sat down and continued to read the articles on Oceanic. The company was out of Washington. She frowned, realizing it was already past business hours, and she couldn’t contact them tonight. But she sent an email, asking if they had done the study on Okanagan Lake within the last few years. She’d forgotten to ask Nan for the year this was done, and weatherman hadn’t mentioned it either.

She rewrote the email so it didn’t mention a year. Just any of their research with imaging on the lake itself.

Once she sent that off, she was done for the moment. She had so much stuff in progress that her head was spinning.

At that moment, Goliath jumped onto her lap and insisted on a cuddle. She groaned, gratefully sank back into the couch, pushing away from her laptop, and just held him for a moment. But he wouldn’t have any of that. He kept butting his head against her chin.

“Did I forget to feed you again?” she whispered. She could hear little meows in her ear. “Well, it wasn’t just you I forgot to feed. I didn’t get any lunch either.”

She got up and went to check the animals’ food supplies, and, sure enough, all of them were out of food.

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