Dying for a Diamond by Cindy Sample

Author:Cindy Sample
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cindy Sample
Published: 2017-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

An hour later, dressed in a knee-length cover-up with a swimsuit underneath, I accompanied Tom to Mother and Bradford’s floor. Their room was almost directly above ours, although two decks higher and a couple of staterooms over. As we walked down the corridor, hand in hand, a door opened ahead. Sharon and Deborah stepped out of the room and closed the door behind them. Deborah blended into the hallway décor in her usual neutral beige, but Sharon was dressed to the hilt in gilt. It was a good thing the ship was at sea today because her hot pink sequin-studded top would set off the metal detectors.

“Hello, you two,” Deborah said. “Are you feeling better, Laurel?”

“A tad. Where are you off to?” I asked.

“We’re going to check out the art auction,” Sharon replied. “We love collecting art. Toodles.”

The two women were lucky they’d run into each other on this trip, even though it was weird that Darren never accompanied them. But then weird was becoming the new “normal” on this cruise.

Tom knocked on my mother and stepfather’s door, only two down from Deborah’s stateroom. Or was it Sharon’s?

Bradford opened the door and we entered. Their room was identical to ours, although less messy. Mother wore a yellow shift that made me crave lemonade. She’d even managed to find a matching sunhat.

“You look better than you did yesterday,” she said. “How are you feeling?”

“Hungry,” I replied. “And ready for a relaxing day by the pool.” I looked at Bradford. “Are you also guarding me?”

He shook his head. “Tom asked me to come along and review the video footage with him.”

“Be my guest. By the way, there’s a woman from a stateroom two doors down from you. I haven’t seen her husband since our first night on board. She seems to spend all of her time with a girlfriend of hers. I’m wondering how come no one has seen her spouse in a while.”

“Maybe he’s off doing guy stuff,” Bradford said.

“I suppose.”

Or maybe she pushed him overboard.

Not a bad working theory. Not a good one either, but certainly something to ponder while we explored all the breakfast buffet options the ship offered.

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