Curtains for Romeo by Jessa Archer

Author:Jessa Archer [Archer, Jessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Archer Mysteries
Published: 2019-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

“This place looks expensive,” Paige whispered as the hostess seated us at one of the smaller tables near the window. “I thought we were on a budget.”

The Blue Lagoon was fairly empty, both because it was a weeknight and because it was off-season. Like most restaurants on the Outer Banks, it would be packed to the rafters from mid-May to early September.

“We are on a budget. Don’t order the lobster.”

“Can I order scallops?”

I scanned the menu and winced at the prices. “Yes, if we split a dessert. We’ll be eating scrambled eggs and tuna sandwiches for dinner the rest of the week, either way, but it will be worth it if this gets Alicia Brown off my back.”

Paige arched an eyebrow and looked around the mostly empty dining area. “Please, please tell me that horrible woman is not meeting us here for dinner.”

“That horrible woman is not meeting us here for dinner.” I pulled the envelope with the most recent cast photo out of my bag and tapped the picture of Melinda Barry. “Who does she look like?”

“Hmm.” Paige stared at the photo for a minute. “She looks a little bit like an older version of Amy Adams in American Hustle. When she had the dark curly hair. And…she also looks a little bit like you.”

“You think I look like Amy Adams?”

“Not really,” Paige said, grinning. “That’s more the bit that doesn’t look like you.”

The server who came over to take our order was female, and therefore not the one who’d spoken with Alicia. I looked around the restaurant, but she seemed to be the only one on duty.

“So…” Paige said, when the waitress was gone. “What does the picture of the woman who looks more like Amy Adams than you have to do with us being here for dinner? And what does it have to do with that nasty Alicia person?”

“One of Alicia’s sources is on the waitstaff. He was working the night Amundsen died. Said that he had a fight with someone here at the restaurant. Someone who matched my general description.”

Paige chewed thoughtfully on end of her straw. “Why do you think the woman in the picture is the one the waiter saw? I mean, it’s not like you have blue hair and you’re six feet tall. A lot of people could fit your description.”

“True. But…it’s possible that she had a motive.” I briefly outlined what Ben had told me. “Jealousy can be a pretty powerful emotion.”

Paige nodded, giving me a look that said she knew all about that.

“How was school today?” I asked. “Did Nathan get you there on time?”

“He did.”

“Classes okay? Making friends?”

Paige rolled her eyes, exactly as I had known she would.

“Hey. Those are my lines, sweetie. I didn’t write the Mom Handbook, but the rules clearly state that when your daughter is starting a new school three thousand miles away from her previous one, these are the questions that must be asked.”

The waitress, a short, thin girl in her early twenties, showed up with a basket of garlic rolls.

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