Mulch Ado About Murder by Martha Rogers

Author:Martha Rogers [Rogers, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Winged Publications
Published: 2018-06-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I headed down to the golf shop to speak with Adam. My usual tee off time is around two, but I decided it might have to be canceled for today depending on what time Harry and Ben returned.

Adam’s eyebrows arched when he saw me. “Mrs. Billings, I didn’t see your name on the schedule for a tee time this morning. I have you at our usual slot. Did I miss something?”

“No, you didn’t miss anything. I have a few questions for you about Pete.”

A veil ascended over his eyes. “Pete? Whatever for?”

Since I wasn’t sure exactly where to start, I just plunged ahead. “Doris Barton said she saw you and Pete arguing one day last week. Could you tell me what that was all about?”

The tips of his ears reddened like a tomato ripening in the sun. “Oh, that. It was just about the greens needing closer mowing.”

“Hmm. Mrs. Barton said you were really angry with Pete and said something about his owing you and you wanted your share. In fact, she said it looked like you were going to hit Pete.”

His swallowed hard. “I guess I can be honest with you. Mrs. Barton doesn’t miss anything. Yes, I was mad at him because he didn’t bring some money he owed me that day like he’d promised. Steve, Pete, and I won a bunch of money in one of those Oklahoma casinos. Pete was going to invest it for us, but then I decided I wanted mine back, but it was too late, he’d already put it in some stocks or something, but he still said he’d have my part for me.”

“But you say he was going to bring it to you that day.”

“Yeah, but he wanted to give Maria some money to help pay for her little girl’s expenses. Then I found out later they argued about it, and she wouldn’t even take it. Then before he had a chance to pay up, someone did him in.”

“I see. How will you get your money now?”

He shook his head. “Honestly, Mrs. Billings, I don’t know. Pete invested the winnings in some account, but I never did get a chance to find out where or what. Guess that was kind of stupid. I have to wait until Steve gets back, and he’s going to be mighty upset when he learns about all of this.”

Not exactly stupid, but not very smart either. Mentally I crossed him off our suspect list because he had more of a motive to keep Pete alive than to kill him. “I’m surprised someone hasn’t told him, so he could come back here for the funeral.”

“He can’t. He’s on a cruise with his family to celebrate his parents’ anniversary. He didn’t say which line or where they were going. Oh, man, this will tear him up. He and Pete were really good buddies.”

“Thanks, Adam. I’ll see you at my regular time.” I decided not to cancel my game for this afternoon. The guys could wait for me to finish my normal schedule.

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