Intrusions (Carpenter & Harding #4) by Barbara Winkes

Author:Barbara Winkes [Winkes, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, lesbian, romance, Adult, Novella, Coworkers, Police, Detective, Crime, Law Enforcement
Amazon: B01N64AQIG
Goodreads: 32999010
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“I know my father would be so proud if he could see this. Thank you all for sharing this special moment with me. This is for you, Dad.” Abby ended her speech in tears, earning thunderous applause from the crowd.

Craig was clapping too, standing behind to the left. The daughter was there, wearing a princess dress and a tiara, her nanny in tow.

The champagne was outrageously good, not something Jordan could afford on a regular basis. Still, she felt slightly nauseated at the show they were witnessing. On the other occasions she’d come into this house, it had been a very different atmosphere, and part of it was lingering. Gerald Ashcroft had been murdered right here. She assumed that the interest of many guests wasn’t so much in Abby’s mascara, but more of a sensationalistic nature. Her feet hurt. Ellie, on the other hand, had no problem balancing on her stiletto heels.

Her cell phone was vibrating in the purse Ellie had made her wear. Jordan found a quieter corner to take a look, suppressing a sigh when she saw whom it was from.

I’m at the hospital. I’m so sorry, but I don’t know if I can make it. If you want to see me… Jordan put the phone back into the purse.

She couldn’t get drunk at this party, but nobody could stop her once they were out of here and off-duty.

She went back to the general party area, noticing that Linwood Ashcroft was not attending his sister’s big event. Jordan thought it would be odd to discover that the two of them had something in common after all, finding it a bit problematic to launch Abigail’s business only days after her father’s funeral, in the place where he had died.

Her tears had seemed to be genuine.

“Detective Carpenter, I hope you’re enjoying yourself.”

Abigail Ashcroft shook her hand. “Craig told me you brought your partner. I’m so glad we all meet again for a happier occasion…now that the murderer is finally caught.”

“Ms. Santos hasn’t been convicted yet,” Jordan reminded her.

“But you wouldn’t arrest her if she was innocent, right? What a cunning little bitch, pardon my language. I think she weaseled her way in and got a lot of money out of my father, because he liked her aunt.” She sighed dramatically. “At least, that stops now.”

“Ellie told me you have a great product on your hands. It looks like the investment Craig made worked out.”

“Oh, yes. He has more of a vision than Dad has—had, I mean.” Abigail’s solemn moment didn’t last long. “But that’s not so much of a surprise, is it, him being gay.”

Jordan tried hard not to cringe. Being gay hardly had anything to do with that. It was odd and sad at the same time when the younger generation in a family was becoming more close-minded. With a pang of guilt, she remembered Kathryn’s message. Was she making the same mistakes?

No, you couldn’t compare years of neglect to a parent trying not to spoil their children out of their highly privileged minds.

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