Spooky Spindle by Addison Creek

Author:Addison Creek [Creek, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-18T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

So much for nuance.

My mouth must have been hanging open a little, but Joel’s expression never changed.

“Who do you think did it?” I asked.

“It must have been Lewis. Doyle doesn’t have a mean bone in his body, and it wasn’t me,” he said.

After that we spoke for just a few more minutes. Joel gave me the basic details of what had happened two nights ago. The household had a quiet night. There were no guests, dinner was cooked and cleaned as usual. Taken at face value, he was indeed correct that the information did not seem especially helpful.

We concluded our interview with an agreement that if I had any more questions, I should ask them at my convenience.

It only occurred to me after he left the room that Joel hadn’t said why Edmund couldn’t be the killer. I decided to save that line of inquiry for later, if I needed it.

Next up was my talk with Lewis. Joel disappeared to get him while I sipped more tea. I finished my first cup and was debating pouring myself a second, but of course Joel, the perfect employee, noticed and poured me one before he left.

The tea was still warm, and I cradled it in my hands. The house wasn’t all that cold, but I must have been developing poor circulation, because my fingers were cold again after having warmed up on the drive over.

I didn’t have to wait long for Lewis. Joel had said he’d been waiting for me, and the other vampire must have been waiting nearby for his turn.

Lewis was quite different from the other two vampires. I had noticed it when I’d seen him before, but this would be the first time I had spoken to him.

He came into the room and smiled politely.

“If you need me I’ll be in the laundry room,” said Joel. He gave a slight bow and disappeared, while Lewis settled into the chair opposite me.

I looked Lewis over as unobtrusively as I could. He had slicked-back black hair and was wearing something more like a business suit than a butler’s uniform.

“So you’re the investigator? What kind of business is that?” he asked.

“I only just started it,” I said. “I’m looking forward to the investigative prospects here, though.”

“All of the murders?” he asked, raising an eyebrow.

“I don’t want anyone to get murdered, but if they do, I want to be the one investigating,” I said.

“Given all the excitement around here recently, I don’t suppose murders are going to be slowing down. You should have plenty of business for the foreseeable future,” he said.

“I really don’t think about it as a business, and I’m not rooting for more murders,” I insisted. “There are other kinds of mysteries to investigate too, where no one has to get killed.”

Unlike with Joel, facial expressions did come and go on this vampire’s face. Now he gave himself away enough to show his surprise.

“But it’s a business! You have to think about it as such to get anywhere,” he said.

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