Death Walks A Dog: A Penelope Standing Mystery by Baytree Tess

Author:Baytree, Tess
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781952865022
Publisher: Speculative Turtle Press
Published: 2020-12-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Penelope looked up from the untidy stack of paper in front of her on the kitchen table when Jake came through the front door. "There's spaghetti casserole in the oven if you're still hungry."

Jake dropped a kiss on her cheek as he passed her on the way to the oven. "I forgot I had 'Coffee with a Cop' this evening. Next time I swear we're going to have it someplace I can get something to eat."

"How'd it go?"

"Not too bad." His voice was muffled as he leaned into the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of beer. "Everyone wanted to know when we were going to arrest someone in Jezza's murder. It was a nice change from the same two people complaining about speeding and the high school kids littering." He pulled the casserole dish out of the oven and sat down across from her.

Penelope scribbled a date on one invoice and moved it to another pile. "This is me not asking how it's going."

"Such admirable self-restraint. Because even if we had made progress I wouldn't be able to tell you." From the tone of his voice, the case hadn't progressed.

"Where's Brian?"

"Anne came by to see him this afternoon. She wants to get back together." He put his fork down and took a large swallow of beer. "They went out to dinner to talk."

Penelope put her pen down and looked at him. "Did she make that decision before or after she found out the mayor isn't coming back?" The depth of her own irritation surprised her.

"I didn't ask." Jake leaned across the table to touch her hand. "He's a bright guy. It won't be lost on him. We need to stay out of it."

Penelope took a deep breath and blew a strand of hair out of her face. Even if the couple got back together, she and Anne were never going to be going out to lunch again. She flipped another piece of paper into the "done" pile. "Do you think it's safe to cash Jezza's check? They won't have closed her accounts, will they?"

Jake pushed Brutus's nose away from his plate. "Send it in. It's a debt on the estate. If there isn't money in the checking account you'll need to contact her executors." He shook his head. "You know you could put all that on the computer and not have to kill so many trees."

"You sound like my son." She flipped another page. "Ha, you're a good one to talk. This is yours." She slid him a printout with the police department header across the top. "Don't be throwing stones in your glass house, buddy."

Jake frowned at it briefly and pushed it to the corner of the table. "Not guilty. Must be Brian's." He took another bite and pulled the paper back to look at it.

Penelope neatened her stack of checks and put her pen down. "So… I was thinking about something today, but I wanted to run it by you first." She waited.

Jake looked up from what he was reading.

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