Killer Classes by Laina Turner

Author:Laina Turner [Turner, Laina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laina Turner Media
Published: 2019-08-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Finally. You have time for me,” I teased Don as we sat down to dinner at my house. I’d made pork chops and cheesy potatoes. Comfort food I didn’t normally make because while it was super tasty, it was so fattening. Especially the way I made my cheesy potatoes with more cheese than potato. Because in my opinion you could never have too much cheese.

“You know I couldn’t help it,” he said, sounding sad. I felt bad for teasing him because of course I knew it had nothing to do with me. It was work.

“You know I’m just joking, right?” I said to make sure he knew I was joking.

“I know, but I do feel bad. I’ve been home now for almost a week and haven’t spent any time with you. I just hope you know it’s not because I don’t want to.”

“Of course, I know that and you’re spending time with me now so don’t even worry about it. Though if you feel bad, you could fill me in on what you’ve found out so far about President Stoddard,” I teased, although I was really curious. “Did you come across any of his colleagues that knew anything about his whereabouts?” That reminded me again I hadn’t called the list Candy gave me. Luckily, she hadn’t asked again about it. As much as I wanted to find out what happened to him, I hadn’t called because I felt intimidated calling people several levels above my pay grade. Though talking to one of them might give me the information we were looking for, whatever that might be. I resolved to do it tomorrow.

“Several people saw him the first day of the conference but not after that, so most assumed he had left early for some reason.”

“Was it unusual for him? To leave without telling anyone?”

“From what his colleagues said, yes. Everyone said he was the life of the party, big into socializing and never missed an event or session at one of these things. There seems to be a core group of three of them and they all look forward to these things and had plans together. Most of which Stoddard arranged and then he didn’t show up or even contact them to cancel.”

“Did they happen to mention anything about him having marital problems?”

Don raised his eyebrows. “What makes you think he’s having marital problems?”

I proceeded to fill him in on what Chloe and I’d heard from Colleen. His mouth disappeared into a thin line and I could tell he was not happy. When I finished, it didn’t take long for him to start talking. “Why are you talking to Candy’s sister? How did you even find out Candy had a sister?”

I squirmed a little in my seat, knowing once I told him the whole story he would be even more annoyed and I really didn’t want a lecture. “I might as well save my breath telling you to butt out and leave this to the police,” he said, shaking his head.

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