Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 04 - Beauty Queens and Cruises by A.R. Winters

Author:A.R. Winters
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2019-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Ethan and I met near Kimberly’s room and walked over together.

“Do you think she’ll be there?” asked Ethan.

“I sure hope so. If she isn’t, or she won’t talk to us, we’ll know something’s up for certain though.”

Outside her door we rung the bell and waited for her to answer. Although there wasn’t really any reason to be, I felt nervous. She should be the one feeling nervous, I thought, not me, but my brain didn’t operate on logic.

After a moment, we heard her approaching, and then the door swung open to reveal the messy room beyond.

Kimberly was wearing shorts and a T-shirt and her hair was wet. For once, we saw one of the beauty queens in a more natural state. She’d just come out of the shower by the looks of it. She had managed to apply a light layer of makeup already though.

“Why, hello there,” she said as she slowly ran her eyes over us. She spent more time looking at Ethan, and there was a little nod of approval as she scanned his pristine uniform. Finally, she turned her gaze to me.

“So you made it down from the wall then, did you, darlin’?”

I put on a smile to show that I wasn’t bothered. Even though I was.

“Oh yes, no problem. It was great fun.”

She narrowed her eyes at me, clearly not believing a word I was saying. “What can I do for y’all?”

“Could we come in and talk to you for a moment, please?” said Ethan.

“Well you can, but my room is a mess. But y’all are welcome. Come on in.”

Kimberly swung the door all the way open and padded across the room. She had one of the smaller cabins, and it wasn’t really designed for meetings. Apart from the double bed, there were two padded chairs and a combined desk and makeup table. There were clothes scattered about the room, hanging on the backs of chairs, in a heap on the bed, and strewn across the floor.

Kimberly pulled out the two chairs so that they were together in front of the bed, and indicated for us to sit on them. She sat on the edge of the bed, her feet barely touching the ground.

Ethan and I sat down, and Kimberly gave us an expectant look.

“So what can I do for y’all?”

“Kimberly, I want to ask you about this,” I said, holding up the little disc I had shown her earlier.

Unlike last time, there was no wall for her to escape up.

She stared at it but didn’t say anything. She waited for us to continue.

“Kimberly, did you cut this from one of Diana Penn’s shoes?”

She bit her lip and looked around the room, as if looking for an escape route. Finally, realizing there wasn’t one, she answered.

“I... did.” she stared down at her feet, not wanting to meet our eyes. “But I didn’t kill her!”

“No one said you did,” said Ethan in a gentle but firm voice. “We’re just trying to figure out what has been going on.

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