Sun, Sand and Murder by Kristine Frost

Author:Kristine Frost [Frost, Kristine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The next morning, Suzette looked up from her ham and eggs as Hallie waltzed into the room. “You seem happy today.”

“I am! My statistics class is canceled for today. That gives me four hours between classes with nothing to do but enjoy the sunshine.” She helped herself to a toaster waffle and an orange. “Hey, do you want to come to the university with me? We could see if we could find your double. This is the same schedule as the last day I saw her.”

Suzette could feel her heart drop. What if the woman wasn’t a relation? Or even worse, what if she was and didn’t want to have anything to do with her? She shook her head.

Hallie said softly, “If you don’t go, you’ll always wonder about her.”

“I know but what if--”

“She doesn’t like you?” Hallie whispered.

Suzette nodded.

“Well, why wouldn’t she?” Then she added as if she could read Suzette’s mind, “Just because Sheriff Miner, who is a complete and total idiot doesn’t like you, doesn’t mean that other people don’t. Let’s go see if we can find her. She might not even be a relation but can you afford not to find out?”

“I guess not. I guess the last couple of days have kind of gotten under my skin a bit. I’m not normally a coward.” She smiled, “Sure, I’ll go. I won’t be able to concentrate on this case until I do know.”

They were just leaving the house when Deidre came slithering down the stairs. “Where are you off to, so early?”

“Suz is going to the university with me.” When Deidre raised her eyebrows, Hallie continued, “She’s my show and tell today.”

She stood on the porch until Suzette pulled out of the driveway, then she went into the hall, picked up the phone and dialed. “They’re going to the university,” she said.

“Thank you, I owe you one,” a male voice said.

Without a word, she hung up the receiver, picked up her purse and jogged out to her car. “I’ll just see why ‘he’ wants to know her every move,” she snarled to herself, her jealously making her edgy.

It only took 15 minutes to reach the Cocoa Beach campus of the University of Florida. Hallie pulled into a parking spot. “I usually don’t park here but this is where I was when I saw her. She looked at her watch. “Let’s head over toward the English building, that’s where I lost her when I followed her. I think she may have been a professor since she was wearing a suit and heels both times I saw her.”

“Lead on,” Suzette smiled. “I hope we can find out about her before I have cardiac arrest.”

Hallie began walking quickly toward an old, Spanish style building. “The English building is the oldest building on campus. I’m glad I don’t have any classes in it anymore because it smells like mildew.”

As they started up the front steps, a student pushed open the door. “Good morning, Dr. Austin.”

“Good morning,” Suzette managed to say with a smile as she stumbled up the steps.

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