Dying to be Married: The India Kirby Witch Mystery (Book 2) by Kelly Sarah

Author:Kelly, Sarah [Kelly, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Lepak Monkey Publishing
Published: 2016-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

India and Xavier sat on the hood of his patrol car, looking out over the sea. The afternoon sun blazed down over the beach, but in the secluded spot where Will had taken his own life, there were a cluster of coconut trees whose large leaves overhead cast dark shadows across the sand.

The body had already been removed, and was to be put into storage before the autopsy would be carried out.

Xavier clutched the suicide note in his gloved hand, and India peered over his shoulder.

“I must confess,” India read out from the typed letter. “I tried to get away with this, but did not anticipate the effect becoming a murderer would have on me. So I will tell all. Though I became fond of Katriane, I first pursued her because I was enamored with her fortune. I am in love with my ex wife Lucy and only intended to divorce her to get my hands on Katriane’s money.”

“At a later date, having killed Katriane and inherited,” Xavier continued, “I would return to Lucy. Though I recruited two local young men to fire the final shots, I am at the center of the whole plot. I deeply regret it, but I cannot take it back. Thus I must make my travels to the beyond, the way Katriane has traveled. I cannot live under the weight of this guilt. Goodbye to all.”

“Goodness,” India said, shaking her head. “Isn’t that something? That’s the first suicide note I’ve ever read.”

Xavier rubbed the back of his neck, looking distressed. “Me too. First suicide I’ve ever seen, too. He was… hanging.”

“Horrible,” India said, looking over the sea as it lapped in and out. It was so strange that everything went on as normal, the world continuing in its own rhythm, even when the most tragic things happened. “Just horrible.”

Xavier sighed, then slipped his fingers in between hers. “You know what’s going to happen now, right?”

“What?” India said, feeling comforted by the warmth of his hand.

“The whole of Florida’s going to jump right on this story. Probably the whole of America,” he said. “I’ll have reporters coming out of my ears.”

She reached out and played with the soft, tiny curls at his hairline. “You’ll handle it well.”

He looked at her for a long moment, his eyes vulnerable. “I hope so.” Then he looked down. “It’s hard, you know, because of what he’s confessed. If they shove a camera in my face, how am I supposed to act? Sad that this murderer guy has died? Or glad? Or business-like? I have no idea.”

India laughed softly. Xavier was so much like her. “Ever realized you might be overthinking just a touch?” she said. “You’ll just do what comes naturally, and it will be the right thing.”

“I know,” he said, shaking his head in frustration with himself. “That’s what I would usually do, but now, it feels like everything’s on the line. There have been whispers about promotion in the department, and if I can just get this right, I’ll have a real big chance, I think.

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