The Frankie Chandler Chronicles by Jacqueline Vick

Author:Jacqueline Vick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: pet mystery, pet psychic mystery, humorous mystery, animal mystery, Novel trio, Novel collection
Publisher: Jacqueline Vick
Published: 2017-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

“You’re going to have to talk to me sometime.”

I swerved to avoid a jackrabbit and continued to drive in silence.

“It was such a surprise, seeing Bull after all these years.” Auntie gurgled out a girlish giggle and reached up to pat her bun. “He said I hadn’t changed a bit. I couldn’t believe he even recognized me. I’m sure I’ve put on a little weight, and there’s gray in my hair. I never imagined in all my days that I would run into Bull Jenkins again.”

“You knew perfectly well he would be there tonight. I saw you giving him the eye at the Blue-Ribbon Babes taping.”

“I thought he looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t place him.”

“You knew he was Elvira’s husband.”

“How could I? I haven’t seen her for years.”

“Come on! Jenkins? A coincidence?”

“There are lots of Jenkins in the world.”

“And you just happened to go to the mat over this particular one?”

“A long time ago, Sissy. How could I know they’d still be together? Once Bull left town to join the army, I never heard from him again. Elvira left not long after, and though I’m sure her intent was to harass him into marrying her, I had no idea how it all turned out.”

“You’re unbelievable. Admit it. As soon as you saw Elvira Jenkins walk out on that stage, you knew who she was, and you knew she married your old sweetheart. You probably knew it all along! That’s why you flew all the way to Arizona to attend the taping of some lousy baking show premiere!”

She pressed her lips together, and a flush ran up her cheeks. “Sissy Chandler, you hold your tongue. How dare you call me a liar?”

I turned into the driveway and slammed the brakes so hard that we both lurched forward.

I turned sideways in my seat and looked directly into her pale blue eyes. Mother considered it possible that her sister had done away with her rival. Who would know Auntie better than her own sister?

“Tell me right now. When you disappeared to go to the washroom, were you really paving the way to become the next Mrs. Stan Jenkins?”

Auntie fussed with her seatbelt, but in her agitation, she couldn’t unclip it. “I don’t have to sit here and listen to this.”

“Yes, you do, because you made a public spectacle of yourself tonight, and it’s only a matter of time before Bowers discovers you lied to him about, well, about everything!”

“That nice young man? He couldn’t think anything of the kind. I’m sure he recognizes an innocent person when he sees one.”

“My mother—your own sister—thought you were capable of killing Elvira.”

“That’s because my little sister has always had a lot of faith in me.”

I dropped back against the seat. “You’re taking it as a compliment?”

She jerked at the buckle again, muttering, “Of course I’m capable. That doesn’t mean I did anything about it.”

Watching Auntie struggle with her seatbelt, the idea of her having the finesse to kill a person seemed stupid, and I felt the urge to laugh.

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