On Borrowed Crime (A Jane Doe Book Club Mystery) by Kate Young

Author:Kate Young [Young, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781643854625
Publisher: CROOKED LANE BOOKS
Published: 2020-10-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

The next day, while at the office, Mel and I were having a cup of coffee and biscotti between her shifts at Smart Cookie. I’d contacted Judge Timms first thing, and he’d agreed to meet me at the office. I’d finally spoken to Chelsea as well. She hadn’t any information other than that she and Carol were tennis partners, and Carol had asked her to hand the envelope over to me if she had to leave town for some reason or another. I believed her. She had, however, expressed her annoyance with her mother-in-law.

“So, you left a voicemail for Brad Jones? Weren’t you nervous?”

I dunked her shop’s new flavor, pumpkin spice with white chocolate chips, into my dark brew. “It was early when I called, and no, not really. He’s a GBI agent, sure, but he’s just a person like you and me. He put a call out for help identifying victims.” I shrugged. “I’m answering his call. Plus, there’s a great probability he spoke with Carol.”

“Makes sense. Still, I’d be nervous about being in a room with a man who’d seen that many horrors. It has to take its toll.”

I ignored the fact she hadn’t seen the link between the agent and us. We’d seen a few horrors in our life as well.

“Any more spooky texts?”

“Nope, and I blocked the number, so I’m not expecting any.” It had felt good to add the sender to my blocked list. Sort of like a “Take that!”

I had grit. I wasn’t helpless.

“Good.” She let out a deep sigh of relief. “It’s all I thought about last night. Do you see Kevin killing anyone? I mean, his own stepsister?” She scrunched up her face.

I finished chewing. “No. And I approached it with an open mind too. But what if we’re wrong?”

“That’s bone-chilling.”

We settled into silence.

“Too many white chocolate chips?” She’d been waiting for me to comment.

“Sorry.” I shook my head and put my fingers up to my mouth to cover how full it was. “It’s perfect. I’m going to have to hike every day if you keep bringing these to me.”

Her brown eyes sparkled with pure delight. “Good. I needed something to focus on this morning. Experimenting with a new flavor did the trick. It didn’t exactly take my mind off all this, but it did help. I wonder how the rest of the Jane Does are holding up. Val seemed really shaken last night. Amelia too, but not to the extent Val was.”

My shoulders rose and fell. “I hope so. I think Amelia will be okay. I’m worried about Val. I’ve never seen her so rattled.”

“That’s the problem when a person appears to have nerves of steel. You never consider they’re breaking down.” She sipped from her mug and perched herself on the edge of my desk. “Well, actually, now that I consider it, appearances can be deceiving. Think about it: Val is a capable woman, yet she’s never actually worked. Amelia is different; she runs her medical transcription business from

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