Reel of Fortune by Jana DeLeon

Author:Jana DeLeon [DeLeon, Jana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

We finished up lunch and did some Googling on Margarita and Junior but didn’t turn up much of anything. I thought it was a little strange at first, but then Ida Belle pointed out how many people were in the world and most of them didn’t have an online presence. I supposed unless one was highly successful, famous, a criminal, or enamored with what they ate every day, there was probably no reason for them to appear in a basic internet search.

Since we were more or less on house arrest and didn’t really have anything to work on until Walter showed up, we decided to use some of the time wisely and take a nap. Gertie was stretched out on the couch with Merlin at her feet. Ida Belle and I occupied the recliners. Everyone but me was snoring, including the cat. But despite having little sleep the night before and not good sleep at that, I couldn’t get my mind to stop whirling long enough to doze off.

Finally, I gave up and headed back into the kitchen. If I couldn’t sleep, I might as well eat. I had some leftover cobbler and decided if I was going to be awake for a while, I should make some coffee and perk myself up a bit. I was just about to sit down when I heard a knock at the front door. It was rather a polite knock, so that meant it wasn’t Carter. Maybe Walter had headed off from work early.

I hurried to the front door before the knocking woke everyone up and swung it open. Deputy Breaux stood there, a somewhat anxious look on his face.

“I’m really sorry,” he said, “but Carter insisted I check on you.”

I waved him into the living room where he could witness the snoring firsthand. “All inside and accounted for. Tell Carter his house arrest is in full effect.”

Deputy Breaux shuffled a bit. “You’re not really under arrest, which is why I’m kinda uncomfortable with this whole thing. But Carter has seniority…”

I patted him on the shoulder. “Don’t worry. I don’t hold Carter’s insecurities against you.”

He blushed. “Oh, I didn’t say nothing like insecurities.”

“You didn’t have to. Tell me, why didn’t you just peek in a window?”

He swallowed. “Carter told me to do just that, but I figured you probably know ten ways to kill me with just household items alone.”

“At least,” I said. “But this house came with an arsenal, so I wouldn’t have to work that hard. There’s also the illicit dynamite that Gertie has in her purse. If all of that fails, I could throw the cat on you. He’s tough.”

He gave me a slightly pained look, which I attributed to the arsenal and the dynamite, but it might have been the cat comment. A lot of people were rightly afraid of cats. I was just about to offer him something to drink or maybe a snack when a thought crossed my mind.

Carter’s asking Deputy Breaux to check up on us didn’t really surprise me, although I thought it was a bit of overkill.

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