Murder on Board by Ivy Dawson

Author:Ivy Dawson [Dawson, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“This is impossible,” Shae sighed, turning her office chair with her foot. Who knew that solving a murder could be boring?

They were sitting in the cozy security room, with dozens of screens around them showing what the guests were all doing. When they first thought of checking the security tapes, it had seemed like a good idea. As soon as they started, they ran into a few unexpected problems.

“If only we knew what restaurant they went to,” Jax said in frustration, resting his chin on his hand and staring intensely at the screen. Shae looked at him thoughtfully, then looked away as soon as she realized she was staring at him.

“I didn’t know there were that many restaurants onboard,” Shae admitted, leaning on the armrest and staring ahead. The screen was filled with a steady stream of people and isolating just one face seemed like an impossible task.

They also didn’t have any specific timeframe to work with, and they didn’t know where Nova went for dinner that night. They immediately checked the more expensive restaurants, but she was nowhere to be seen.

The more affordable restaurants were so crowded that they could easily have missed her. Not to mention that the screen was tiny, and the colors were too bright.

“I don’t think we’re going to get anything done here,” Jax admitted hesitantly, leaning back and rubbing his eyes.

“Oh, well,” Shae said glumly. “Thanks for trying to help. At least I didn’t have to do this alone. I’m sure you’ve got a lot of work to get to.”

“Are you trying to get rid of me?” Jax asked in amusement, turning to look at her curiously. She shrugged self-consciously, and he chuckled.

“I just thought you might have a lot of work or something,” Shae sniffed, “or is this the type of place where you can slack off for hours?”

“Definitely not,” Jax admitted, wincing. “They’ve probably already sent out a search party.”

“Well, then, there you go,” Shae said simply.

“I’ll tell you what,” he said, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees. “I’ll help you out for a little while longer, and if anyone gets upset, I’ll just say that I’m showing you around. Captain’s orders.”

“Did the captain really say that?” Shae asked skeptically.

“No,” Jax said, smiling again, “but who’s going to ask him? They’d rather just take my word for it. So, mystery lady, where should we go first?”

“Don’t call me that,” Shae told him firmly, as she leaned back in her chair. “I don’t know. Her husband doesn’t want to talk to me.”

“Okay,” Jax declared, taking a piece of paper and a pen, “here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to write down what we know, and what we need to know. That way, we’ve got a clearer picture in our minds.”

Shae leaned forward to see what he was writing. He frowned and pushed down hard as he wrote, and for a second, she was transported back in time.

She saw her father and her younger self sitting in a dingy diner.

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