Murder, She Floats by Rachael Stapleton

Author:Rachael Stapleton [Stapleton, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

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I stepped into the blinding light of Main Street and pulled my rose gold sunglasses over my eyes. Time to go fishing! Well, not fishing, per say, as in Bohemian Lake’s favorite sport, but rather fishing for the story. I was on my way to get the rest of Joe’s Caravan Manor story out of him. It would take me all of five minutes to get to the community living center from here. Since it was nine-fifteen, I had forty-five minutes before I needed to be back to spy on my bestie’s hubby. We’d see just what–or who–he’d been up to. I also needed to talk to Nana Vianu but that could wait until after lunch. I’d have to juggle my interviews with manning the shop for Dad.

I walked across the street from a crowd gathering outside Cookies & Corsets for a vintage sidewalk sale. Lulu stood off to the side, wearing an emerald green maxi dress and sunhat. I waved at her, and she waved back and then resumed her conversation. I was surprised to see her niece, Kaitlyn Patone, helping out. True, I remembered that Kaitlyn had a good relationship with her Aunt Lulu as a kid but she hardly seemed the retail girl type these days. I could just imagine her customer service response if confronted by an outraged customer.

I was past the shop and approaching a parking lot when I looked back and saw Kaitlyn talking animatedly with Ben. I instinctively ducked behind a Ford F-150 and watched the two interact. Kaitlyn was laughing, and he was nodding at her, ogling her boobs whenever she tossed her head back to giggle. I guess they’d made up. I was too far away to hear what they were talking about, but I saw their faces change as they both glanced toward Ben’s crotch. They must have been reacting to his ringer because he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and put it to his ear. He winked at Kaitlyn and turned away. I was the only one who saw how dark and still his face became as he continued the conversation. Abruptly, he jerked the phone from his ear, and said something to Kaitlyn. Then he waved his hand and walked away, effectively dismissing her. Kaitlyn watched him for a moment with uncertainty before she turned to help a customer.

Ben strode stiffly up the street in my direction to the parking lot, ranting about exposing the truth. Even from behind the truck in my hidden location I could feel his anger as he clicked his phone shut. This was my cue to flee the scene. I curved my shoulders and tried to inch around the other side of the truck so he wouldn’t see me, before striding swiftly back to the sidewalk. I was a block from the ice cream store and in sight of the community center when his meat hook of a hand clamped down on my shoulder.

“Hello, Penelope.”

I shrugged off his paw

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