Killer Hooks by Betty Hechtman

Author:Betty Hechtman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: revenge, amateur sleuth, celebrities, family secrets, women friends, cats and dogs, bookstore, crafts and hobbies, knitting and crocheting, yarn craft
Publisher: Beyond the Page Publishing

Chapter Eighteen

I came home to relative quiet. The dogs and cats were waiting for my attention, Beth was getting ready to leave after looking after Marlowe. I was pleased to see that Peter was there and seemed to be taking an active role in Marlowe’s care. He had her sitting in the high chair that had appeared shortly after she came to stay and he was feeding her something out of a jar. He looked up as I went through the kitchen with the dogs in tow.

“It’s not the same as when I was little,” Peter said, wiping a dribble of puréed peaches off his daughter’s chin. “Did Dad ever do diaper duty or this?” He had a spoonful of the peaches and pretended it was a plane coming in to land in her mouth. “I saw this move on a TV show.” She giggled and he tried to hand the spoon to me.

“Nope,” I said. “Finish what you started.” I did a pitch on how he should be so glad to have a relationship with his daughter.

He let out a tired sigh. “I think I like the old way better when all that was expected of dads was taking them out for a pony ride.” Peter told me that his brother had fed the whole crew of animals before he left. I let them out into the backyard and went to check the refrigerator to consider my dinner and asked Peter if he was going to join me.

“You know I’d love to,” he said in the tone he used in his business. “But I have a dinner meeting.” He tried to feed Marlowe some more, but she was done with the peaches. He put the cap back on the baby food and dropped the spoon in the sink. “Any update with Miles?” he asked.

When I said there was nothing new yet, his expression changed to displeased and he brought up ending it again. “Maybe it’s one of those things where there is no there, there,” he said. “You could just drop out of the mommy group until Gabby gets back.”

“Not exactly,” I said and told him about Adele’s call from Lily. If he looked displeased before, he was really upset now.

“She’s sure to let on who you really are and it would be so embarrassing to have it out there that I was using my mother to check up on potential investors. I’m sorry I listened to—” He interrupted himself. “You have to go with her when she goes to their house and make sure they don’t decide to use her for the kids’ party.”

He went off to his business dinner and I made an omelet for myself as Marlowe watched from her high chair. She eyed it as I was eating and I put some pieces out for her, which she ate on her own. I thought over what Peter had said and came up with a solution.

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