Destination Murder by K J Emrick

Author:K J Emrick [Emrick, K J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Coast Publishing
Published: 2016-08-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Humming to herself, she fit the cardkey through the electronic lock and opened the door to her cabin. No Jerry. Well, he could be off investigating the murder, she supposed. Or, he could be avoiding her.

With a sigh she put her key and cellphone and little clutch purse down on the table next to the bed. “Cream, what should I do about Jerry?” She figured getting advice from her best friend couldn’t hurt. “Or for that matter, what should I do about Avery? What do you think, Cream? You like Jerry, I know, but you had a good time today palling around with Chaz, right?”

Her friend was silent as she peppered him with questions.

That wasn’t like him.

“Cream?”

Cookie looked around the cabin. Under the bed, under the desk, inside her suitcase which seemed unlikely but she was becoming worried. Frantically, she searched the small bathroom space and then the closet but she already knew what she was going to find.

He was missing.

No, the rational part of her brain told her. That was impossible. She’d left him here, right here in this room, when she went to have dinner with Avery. Nobody could get in here without a key.

That’s when she thought of Jerry. Of course. Jerry had his own key. He must have taken Cream for a walk or something, to show her how much he still cared about her and her little four-footed friend. Of course. That was all it was.

Snatching up her cellphone again she quickly sent Jerry a text. Did you take Cream?

Then she started pacing the room, sitting down only to get up again, fiddling with things that didn’t need to be fiddled with just to give her mind something to do. Jerry had to have Cream. Inconsiderate of him not to leave a note but she could forgive him as long as the dog was safe and sound somewhere and Jerry had him.

Her phone buzzed.

Of course I didn’t take your dog, his text said. Why?

Now real panic set in. She searched the cabin again even though there was no way that she could have missed Cream in a space this small. He’d be barking. He would have met her at the door as soon as he heard the keycard in the lock. That should have been her first clue right there. She should have been paying more attention. She should have known!

Cookie rushed back out into the hallway. There were a few other passengers nearby and she immediately went to each one and asked if they had seen a little Chihuahua with brownish-white hair. “Wearing a purple collar,” she added, “with his name on it. Cream? Have you seen him?”

No one had.

Wringing her hands, Cookie looked back at her cabin door. Should she stay here, in case Cream came back? No, she decided. There was no way Cream had gotten out of that room on his own. Dogs had never mastered the doorknob principle. There was only one reason why he wouldn’t be here, waiting for her.

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