Left Holding the Bag by Carol Dean Jones

Author:Carol Dean Jones [Jones, Carol Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781365992346
Publisher: Carol Dean Jones
Published: 2017-05-25T05:00:00+00:00

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By the time he got home, Charles had resolved to leave the Courtney Waterford-Darius Mitchell issue to the police department and young Detective Halifax.

As he walked into the house, he was surprised by the delicious aroma of one of his favorite meals, roast leg of lamb. “What’s the occasion?” he asked Sarah as he kissed her cheek.

“Dinner guests,” she responded with a warm smile.

“Oh yes, I guess it slipped my mind,” Charles replied with frown lines indicating he was struggling to remember.

Sarah laughed, “You didn’t know about this,” she responded. “It was very last minute.”

Relieved that he wasn’t losing it, he asked, “Who's coming?”

“Two couples,” she answered with a mischievous grin. “Sophie with Norman and Bernice with Andy.”

“Bernice and Andy! Ah, I finally get confirmation of my suspicions. What brought this on?”

Sarah told her about how Bernice and Andy had met and about Bernice’s reluctance to go out with him. “They’ve had a couple of dates, and they’ve gone well. Sophie and I just thought it would be good for them to spend an evening with other couples, just to see how nice it can be.”

“Matchmaking!” Charles responded. “Never a good idea.”

“We didn’t do the matching, Charles. They found each other. We’re just facilitating.”

“Match-facilitating,” he responded. “Just as bad.”

“There’s something else I wanted to ask you,” Sarah said as she dried her hands and slipped the rice pilaf into the warming oven with the roasted vegetables.

“And what would that be?” he asked, opening a bottle of Bordeaux and setting it aside to breathe.

“What would you think of me doing a little volunteer work?”

“I think that would be just fine. Whatever you want to do is always fine with me. What are you thinking of?”

“Oh, I’ve been thinking about taking a look at Joe Capello’s campaign. I understand they’re looking for volunteers.”

“Capello?” Charles exclaimed. “That guy doesn’t espouse anything you believe in, Sarah. Why would you want to do this?”

“Because I’m a good listener.”

Charles thought about that for a minute and suddenly realized what she was saying. “You’re thinking of spying on the guy? Sarah, I can’t let you do that.”

“Excuse me?” she bristled.

“Okay, sorry,” he quickly responded, realizing what he had said. “Of course you’re free to do whatever you want, but this could be very dangerous. What if you discover he’s guilty? That would place you in harm’s way.”

“Oh, I have no intentions of going in there and accusing the man of anything. I just thought I could nose around a little. Besides, I wouldn’t be alone.”

“You wouldn’t?” he asked.

“Of course not. Sophie would be with me.”

“Oh, what a relief,” he responded, trying not to sound too sarcastic.

Fortunately, at that moment the doorbell rang.

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