Engaged in Murder (Perfect Proposals Mystery) by Nancy J. Parra

Author:Nancy J. Parra [Parra, Nancy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

I was still mulling over what to do with Keith Emry’s proposal party when I found myself back at the Executive Airport.

“Hi, Pepper.” Jimmy leaned over the guard-shack window. “Did you bring more cupcakes?”

“Cookies.” I lifted the bakery box of cookies I’d gotten from a nearby grocery store. It never hurt to bribe the gatekeeper.

“Come on in.” Jimmy raised the gate. I pulled in and parked my old car next to his small beat-up Nissan. He opened the back of the shack. “How’ve you been?”

“I’m well.” I climbed out of the car and slung my purse over my shoulder. Handing him the box of cookies, I declined the offer to come inside the shack. “If you don’t mind, I’d like to look around a bit.”

“Oh, I don’t know if I can do that. Jeb’s getting real funny about security since Randy got offed.” He took the cookies from me.

“I understand.” I ran my fingers along the strap of my purse. “How about if you sign me in and I go talk to Jeb? That way he can tell me himself if it’s okay if I look around.”

Jimmy thought about that for a full thirty seconds. I caught him checking out the cookies through the clear window in the box.

“There are chocolate chip and peanut butter in there,” I mentioned casually.

“Yeah, hey, okay, I’ll sign you in. Let me get you a visitor badge.” He turned and the shack door slammed behind him. I took the moment to assess my surroundings. There was a camera at the entrance of the airport. The fence around the airport was eight feet tall. There was a light post one hundred yards out on either side of the gate.

Behind me were the hangars with wide parking areas for private jets to taxi into. There were about twenty cars parked in groups of two or three. I put my hand over my eyes to shade them from the sunlight. At the far end was a control tower with a handful of radar arrays and blinking lights.

I hadn’t thought about the air traffic controllers. There had to be at least one. I wondered who they were and if they knew the janitor.

The shack door opened. Jimmy had chocolate on the corner of his face. “Here’s your badge. I signed you in as a visitor for Jeb.”

“Great, thanks.” I clipped the visitor badge to my sweater. “Where is his office?”

“He’s in hangar one.” Jimmy pointed to the first building. “It’s like the hangar you were in the other night. Jeb’s office is the first one across from the restrooms.”

“Got it.” I glanced at the hangar. It wasn’t likely I’d run into too many people between me and Jeb, but rules were rules. If I wanted to keep Jimmy’s goodwill, then I needed to see Jeb first. Hopefully he would be just as cooperative.

“I’ll let him know you’re coming.” Jimmy popped back into the shack and let the door slam behind him.

I squared my shoulders and headed toward hangar one.

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