Murder at St. Mark's by Priscilla Baker

Author:Priscilla Baker [Baker, Priscilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2020-02-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Later that night, after Ally had headed back to her own apartment a few blocks away, Lucy sat on the couch, still nursing the last glass of white wine Ally had poured. They had devoured the seafood cioppino Ally had prepared, declaring it a total success. It would be on the menu next week as the dinner special. Ally had called her seafood vendor right then and there from the apartment, sweet talking him into giving her everything she would need on short notice. Lucy was learning a lot about her best friend, like just how many talents she had under that chef’s hat.

Lucy was still thinking about that tall, nervous boy in the park. She swore it was the same cap that had been in Donovan’s locker, although Ally had gently tried to ask if she could have been mistaken. No way, she thought to herself. I know what I saw, and I know it was the same stupid hat.

Lucy reached under the coffee table and grabbed her laptop from where it was haphazardly leaning against one of the legs. She booted it up and waited.The thing was ancient and took forever to turn on. It was the same laptop her father had bought for her when she started college.

A picture of the desert finally filled her screen, indicating the computer was ready. Lucy navigated to the search bar on the home screen and typed in ‘Redmond, MA recreational baseball,’ remembering what the back of the cap had said. The computer loaded the results, and—nothing . A few hits about the local high school baseball team, but that was it. The high school team had a completely different logo, so that definitely wasn’t it. Lucy repeated the search again, this time looking for softball instead of baseball. Still, nothing.

Lucy kept trying, long after she finished her glass of wine, trying different search words and different combinations of search words. She had nothing. There was nothing in Redmond that was anywhere close. No little league teams, the high school team with a completely different logo, and no adult recreational leagues. She even tried it without adding the ’MA’ to the end, in case somehow Donovan had been involved with a team in a different Redmond in another state. There was absolutely nothing.

I wonder if I could find anything if I went down there, Lucy thought to herself. Impulsively, she picked up her cell phone and dialed Ally’s number, tapping her foot while it rang.

“What is it?” Ally’s groggy voice filled her ear. “I was sleeping. Is everything okay?”

“Everything is fine…I’m sorry I woke you up. Hey, what do you think about a quick road trip tomorrow morning? We’ll be back before noon, I promise,” Lucy spoke quickly, tripping over her own tongue in her excitement.

“What? Where to?” Ally asked, her voice a little clearer.

“I was thinking of driving down to Redmond, where Donovan’s baseball cap was from. I tried looking it up, but there doesn’t seem to be a baseball team or anything the hat might relate to,” Lucy explained.

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