Killer Finale by Kayla Michelle

Author:Kayla Michelle [Michelle, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9781543113709
Amazon: 1543113702
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Chloe went from talking to a stubbornly egotistic detective, to an emotionally-fragile friend. Hope and Chloe left the crime scene and headed over to Hope’s rental townhome to regroup. The change of scenery didn’t do Hope as much good as Chloe was hoping for. Even in the comfort of her living room, Hope was just as on edge as ever.

“What am I going to do now?” Hope wondered.

Chloe gave her friend a hug. “I’m going to get you through this.”

Hope gave her a half-smile, nowhere near as confident as Chloe was about the situation.

“Thanks for trying to make me feel better, but there’s only so much you can do,” she reasoned.

“Look, just hang in there,” Chloe insisted.

“That’s easier said than done.”

“I know it doesn’t seem like it, but everything is going to be ok.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“I’ll see to that.”

Hope furrowed her brow. “What are you talking about?”

“I’m going to get you out of this jam,” Chloe said.

“How?”

“By finding the real killer.”

Hope’s jaw dropped. At first, she didn’t know what to say. After catching her breath, she was finally able to formulate a sentence. “Are you sure about this?”

“This isn’t my first choice, but we can’t rely on the police to catch the right person. The only way to prove your innocence is to find the real killer.”

Hope was still in a state of disbelief. “You’d really do that for me?”

“Of course. You’re my friend. I’m not going to just sit around and let you get wrongfully accused of murder.”

“Chloe, you’re more than just a friend. No one has ever done anything like this for me.”

“Well, I’m not doing it alone.”

Hope looked confused. “What do you mean?”

“If I’m going to crack this case, I’m going to need your help.”

“Uh, sure. Of course. What do you need from me?”

“I want you to look up everything you can on all the suspects, and I mean everything. It doesn’t matter how trivial it may seem. Sometimes the smallest details lead to the biggest breaks.”

“Ok. I can do that,” Hope said.

“And pay close attention to social media updates. It’s amazing the dumb things people post on the internet,” Chloe replied.

Hope laughed. “Isn’t that the truth?”

Chloe took a deep breath. “All right. Time to get to work. Wish me luck.”

“Knock them dead,” Hope said. She then reconsidered her phrasing. “Not literally, of course.”

“No. One of the suspects has already done that.”

Hope gave her friend a look of great admiration and heartfelt gratitude. “Thanks again for doing this.”

“Don’t thank me yet. There’s still plenty of work to be done.”

“Be careful out there,” Hope said.

“As crazy as it is to admit, this is far from my first time doing this.”

“That is pretty insane to think about Chloe.”

“Even more amazing is how much I’ve gotten out of those self-defense classes I took last year,” Chloe said.

“Well, let’s hope you don’t need them this time around,” Hope insisted.

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned about sleuthing, it’s that there’s no way to tell what’s going to happen out there,” Chloe said.

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