Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day

Author:Maddie Day [Day, Maddie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2023-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 34

By eight thirty Abe and I were snuggled on the couch at home, me with a mug of chamomile tea and a novel, not that I’d opened it yet, him with his still-dark tablet. Sean, the dog, and both cats were in Sean’s room as he finished homework for tomorrow.

Abe had final exams later this week for his certificate in wildlife education and had said he needed to study. He already had a job lined up at Brown County State Park, but he’d told me acing the course would mean more pay and possibly better opportunities elsewhere, should he need them.

I covered my mouth as I yawned. Both Abe and I had had a full day in different ways. On our drive home, he’d said he understood why I hadn’t wanted to talk of homicide on our way to Adele’s. But he’d urged me to share the experience and what I knew about a suspect pool after we got home, which was now.

I first filled him in on the horror of a dead Evermina crashing out of our outhouse and what had happened directly after.

“You’re sure the shock didn’t affect the baby?” he asked gently. “You’re feeling okay?”

“I’m fine, Abe, truly. This little one is still very little, and he’s well-cushioned in there.”

“Or she.” He winked. “I keep imagining a mini-Robbie emerging next fall.”

“And I find myself thinking we’ll have a son.” We had agreed to do it the old-fashioned way and not learn the gender before the birth.

“Can we go back to the death for a minute?” Abe asked.

“Sure.” I didn’t particularly want to, but I’d said I’d share.

“Who do you think they’re looking at for the homicide?” he asked.

“You mean, besides me?’

“What?” He twisted to look at me. “No way.”

“Yes way, but I hope not seriously.”

“Wait. Is this because of that ridiculous ad campaign, where Evermina tried to smear your restaurant’s reputation?”

“Apparently. But since I didn’t kill her, here’s who else seems to be in the pool. Zeke Martin, her ex-husband. Wendy Corbett, his new girlfriend.” I ticked the names off on my fingers. “Maybe Camilla Kalb, who runs Cammie’s Kitchen.”

“Interesting. Is that all?”

“Unfortunately, it isn’t.” I cleared my throat. “Don apparently had more than one public argument with Evermina about a lot of money she owed him.”

“My Don?” His voice rose again.

“Your older brother, Don. Also impossible. But the thing is, I’ve also heard Isabelle Cooper’s name several times coming out of the mouth of a detective.”

Abe let out a low groan. “If she’s a murderer, that would destroy my brother. But . . . why Isabelle? What was her connection with the victim?”

“I have no idea. I hope to find out, maybe from Wanda or Buck. Do you know any of those first three names? Any connection with them, now or in the past?”

“Let me think.”

I took a sip of tea. The next time I glanced over at Abe, his eyes were as closed as my book. Good. He needed the rest. I was tempted

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