Double Dose by Peter Nelson

Author:Peter Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2023-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

“I’m glad we got out of that city,” Johnny said on Monday morning as the captain announced that the plane was passing over Iowa.

“Hey, I used to live down there,” Mollie said.

“Yeah, I think I can see your old house.” Johnny leaned across Mollie’s lap to look out the window. “Why do they bother pointing out the states when we’re thirty thousand feet up and can’t see anything except clouds?”

“So we don’t get worried, I guess. It’ll be good to get back home, although there are a lot of things we’re still pretty clueless about,” Mollie said. “For starters, how’d the cocaine get in Meredith’s bag?”

“Don’t know. But I’m pretty sure Moeller supplied it,” Johnny said.

“What a dork that guy is. Threatening me with a clothes steamer,” Mollie said.

“You didn’t think it was very funny then,” Johnny reminded her. “I didn’t know you were such a speedster.”

“Well, you just don’t know me very well. See, when I run away, it’s because I think something is hilarious.”

Johnny patted her on the leg. “Right. Whatever you say. If you want to have your Ms. Tough Girl fantasy—”

“I am tough.” Mollie wrapped her fingers around Johnny’s wrist and squeezed as hard as she could.

“I’ll have to remember that,” Johnny said. “What I don’t get is why anyone would do that to Meredith. Did she make Moeller mad without knowing it?”

“Maybe whoever did it meant to put the coke in someone else’s bag and got hers by mistake,” Mollie guessed.

“Yeah, but think about what happened on the other end, with Benjamin there waiting for her,” Johnny said. “If they gave it to some girl going off to Wichita, would police have been waiting for her?”

“Good point. Okay, if Meredith didn’t snub anyone, and we don’t think she did, what about Hilary?” Mollie asked.

“You think she planted it?”

“No, what I’m saying is, maybe someone had a gripe against Hilary and decided to settle it by framing her little sister. She and Rahel don’t get along, I know that.”

“Yeah, but Rahel wouldn’t do anything to get Hughes in trouble. He’s her sugar daddy, or should I say nosesugar daddy.”

“True. Scratch that idea.” Mollie sighed and stared out the window.

“You’re sure the lady at the tea store didn’t look suspicious?”

Mollie laughed. “She looked like a first-grade teacher from the nineteen-forties. She was horrified when I told her about the coke. There’s no way she was involved.”

“What if someone else in her store did it?”

“I told you, the police never even checked out the shop. They’re completely ignoring it as a possible source for the drugs.”

“That means they probably know where the drugs came from, or they don’t care,” Johnny said. “Which is pretty strange, because busting a small-time user like Meredith is nothing compared to nabbing someone like Moeller. Not that Meredith’s a user—I didn’t mean that.”

“I know,” Mollie said. “You’re right—they are ignoring the big picture. Which means … they were only after Meredith in the first place.”

“And whoever set her up was in collusion with the police,” Johnny said.

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