Sight Seering by Ada Bell

Author:Ada Bell [Bell, Ada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Empress Books

Chapter Thirteen

With one hand over my mouth, I staggered backward and slumped against the wall. My brain couldn’t quite process the officer’s words. Deborah was dead. How? Why?

“Are you sure?” I asked.

“Affirmative. We’ve been doing this a long time,” the officer said.

Now I understood why the other officer was talking into his phone and not speaking to Deborah or handcuffing her. He must be calling an ambulance to come and take her away. I moved toward the doorway, but he stepped in front of me.

“I can’t let you go in there. It’s a crime scene.”

“I can help! Call the Shady Grove police. I’ve helped them solve two crimes.”

Sam stepped forward, drawing the officer’s attention away from me. “Deborah just inherited a lot of money. Do you think she was murdered?”

“Unlikely, son. She left a suicide note.”

Why would Deborah kill herself when she was only hours away from escape? The Canadian border wasn’t that far. She could have rented a car at the airport, headed north, and been enjoying poutine for her dinner. None of this made sense. I needed to see the note. There had to be a way inside the room.

As if someone was looking out for me, the officer’s phone rang. He glanced at the screen, then pointed toward the door. “I have to take this. We’ve got this under control. You should go.”

Before we could respond, he took the call and disappeared through the door to Deborah’s office. I couldn’t see where he went or the other officer, but I needed to go inside.

Two steps from the door, Sam caught my arm. “Please don’t get arrested.”

“I have to see what happened. I might get a vision!”

“I know, but…” He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. “At least let me distract them for you.”

Right. Good point. I nodded and flattened myself against the wall. Sam walked back toward the exit, then dropped to his knees, screaming. “Oh, this is terrible! I feel faint. I can’t breathe! Somebody help me!”

His performance seemed exaggerated to me, but all it had to do was cause a commotion. He certainly did that. The door to Deborah’s office swung outward, and Officer #2 appeared. Without even glancing at me, he raced to Sam’s side. I snuck past him, through the opening. Deborah’s desk was against the far wall. She sat there, slumped forward. Since nothing could be gained from touching her, I looked at the desk to see what I could find.

A mostly full teacup, steam still rising from the top. The lipstick on the rim matched the shade Deborah had worn yesterday. Beside it, I spotted what I was looking for.

A piece of paper with a large monogrammed P at the top.

It’s over. I’m sorry.

That was all it said. Sam was right, Deborah must’ve realized we were onto her. If we tested the tea in her cup, I suspected it would contain the same poison she’d used to murder her aunt. That was a police matter, though. My powers didn’t extend to detecting toxic substances.

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