Grounds for Remorse by Misty Simon

Author:Misty Simon [Simon, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I made a quick call to Gina to update her while Michelle got into her car.

I still didn’t trust Michelle completely, but what she had said made sense. I’d have to go with my gut on this one, praying I wasn’t wrong. Being at the house would at least give me the lay of the land and I could find out what Michelle thought she had on Gina that would prove her guilt.

“I’m working on it,” I said after Gina warned me for the fourth time to please be careful.

“I know that, but this is not all about you figuring it out. I want you safe more. This has gotten out of hand. I can’t believe the police are here taking those old bottles out of the cabinet. Some of that stuff is over a hundred years old. They could harm someone just by opening the stopper.”

I hadn’t considered that. “Hopefully they’re being careful. I don’t think they really believe you did it, but they have to follow all avenues while I can just get right to the pieces that will make this whole picture fit.”

“Fine, but you’d better not come back dead.”

“Thank you so much for the warm wishes.”

“It’s what I do.” She hung up before I could shoot a zinger back at her.

We pulled up in front of Michelle’s house only to find that there was no room for us in the driveway. A huge moving truck took up half the driveway and a small compact took up the other half because of the way it was parked.

Stopping my car at the curb behind Michelle’s, we both got out and convened in front of my car.

“This has to be her.” Anger was a mild word for the venomous tone in Michelle’s voice.

“Yeah, I don’t think there’s much doubt about that, but how did she get in?”

I saw no evidence of anyone outside. Inside, though, there was plenty of noise. Did we knock on the door? Or just walk in since Michelle did own the house, too?

“Is your name on the mortgage?” I asked, hoping she’d say yes.

“No,” she whispered. “Craig thought it would be better if everything was in his name so that it could all be a tax write-off.”

Oh man. I didn’t say that out loud because I didn’t want to make her even more upset. The tears sparkled in her eyes again, and I thought she might need a drink of water soon, just to stay hydrated.

“Okay, let me call this in to the police. We’ll see what can be done.”

I didn’t call the local police in Harrisburg, even though they would have been the smart choice and probably the right one. I highly doubted Burton had any jurisdiction over here across the river, but I at least needed to know what my options were.

“What do you have for me now, Tallie?” Burton rattled out as soon as he picked up. “And it had better not be another dead body.”

“No, I promise, it’s not that.” I turned away from Michelle and lowered my voice.

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