Shallow Waters by Kay Jennings

Author:Kay Jennings [Jennings, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733962629
Publisher: Paris Communications
Published: 2019-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

Sitting in the squad car at the end of Cranberry Drive with Jay and Fern, Matt’s phone buzzed: new text arriving. He quickly saw the thumbs up from Ed, and said to his colleagues: “Affirmative. Let’s go. Jay, you are to keep Fred in the other room while Fern and I take on Marjorie. Be direct in your questioning on if and/or what he might have known about a possible affair between his wife and Craig Kenton. Keep it calm, civil, and don’t lead him—let him tell you whatever he does or, I suspect, does not know.”

“Should I name Kenton when I start, or should I see if the mayor comes up with his name?” Jay asked.

“I wouldn’t say his name unless Bushnell asks first,” said Matt. “But he will ask. Wouldn’t you?”

“I sure would,” Jay agreed. “So, if he asks who it is, I tell him, right?”

“Yes. See how he reacts to the name.”

“He’ll also probably want to know who told us. How do I

handle that?”

“I don’t think it serves our purposes to have Frolick brought into this yet . . . not until Patty can get a better bead on him,” Matt said. “Let’s just tell the mayor and Marjorie that we have a witness who saw her coming out of the A-frame cabin at the Pacific View Motel with Kenton, and leave it at that. The pressure is on them, particularly Marjorie. Fern, I want you to pay close attention to her body language, and be prepared to jot down your observations, OK?”

“Yes, I understand.”

“This is going to be tense,” Matt warned. “Stay cool like the cool cats you are. We’re here to get the truth, not to judge. We’re doing a job, and it’s not our fault if the mayor and his wife have marital issues. Got it?”

“What if Marjorie really killed that child to cover up an affair?” Fern asked no one in particular. “It’s unbelievable.”

“If she did, we will uncover the truth.” Matt’s voice and demeanor were hard-boiled.

Matt knocked on the front door of the Bushnell house. He noticed that Fern tossed a penny in the wishing well along the front sidewalk as they approached the door.

“Couldn’t hurt,” Fern said when Matt caught her eye. She looked very, very nervous, as did Jay.

“We need to clear up a couple of details from this morning,” Matt started somewhat brusquely, stepping into the foyer when Fred opened the door.

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