Haunting in the Hallway by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Colt was fishing with his father and uncle when I called, but he promised to look in to the plate when he got back to the house. He asked me to text him the numbers and letter I had, and he would forward it to someone who could use that information to try to extrapolate all possible combinations. From there, we would need to use the data we had available to us to narrow it down. It sounded like the process might take a lot longer than I would have liked. As soon as I hung up with Colt, I headed back outdoors to take my photos, which was where I ran into Charlee. Following up on Velma’s suggestion that I speak to her about Wesley and Ashton, I suggested that we grab a drink and find a secluded spot to talk.

“I guess you heard that Colt and I found Wesley Hamilton’s body in his own grave,” I started off.

“Sure. That’s all anyone can talk about,” Charlee answered.

“Colt is working on figuring out who put him there and I have been trying to help out where I can. Velma suggested I speak to you. She mentioned that you knew both Wesley and his friend, Ashton, pretty well from back in the days when they were high school students, and you were a teacher.”

“I imagine based on your lead-in to this conversation that Ashton is a suspect in Wesley’s death.”

“Colt is looking at him. Or at least he was before he went out of town.”

Charlee paused before answering. “Wesley and Ashton were two peas in a pod from the time they were little boys. They both came from well-to-do families and tended to enjoy a lifestyle not shared by most of their classmates. As young boys, they were bullies and troublemakers, as teens, they’d morphed into entitled snobs who looked down on pretty much everyone. I probably shouldn’t say this, but to be honest, I didn’t care for either of them. I was thrilled when they graduated, and I knew that I’d most likely seen the last of them. At least in our roles of students and teacher.”

“So as of the time they graduated, the two were still friends?”

Charlee nodded. “I’m not sure what happened exactly, but it seemed that the rift between them began while they were in college, although things didn’t get really bad until sometime after that. Eventually, they stopped speaking to each other, and then Ashton left Holiday Bay. There are those who say the only reason he took a job in Boston was to get away from Wesley, and there are others who say that the reason Ashton left was because the job was just too good to turn down. I can’t tell you that I know which is true, but I will say that the relationship enjoyed by the two before their college years was vastly different from the one they had after they returned to town.”

“Colt also mentioned a college roommate. I think his name was Preston something.

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