The Hotel by Melanie Jones Brownrigg

Author:Melanie Jones Brownrigg [Jones Brownrigg, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

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After talking about the situation at great length, my mother suggested for me to get cleaned up, put something substantive on my stomach and go find out more about Taylor Anderson.

After taking a shower, my mother presented me with the clothes she had snatched up at Twice Blessed. “Put something nice on,” she suggested. “Maybe you’ll feel better and at least you’ll look nice.”

Going through the clothing, I selected a light gray Armani pantsuit and paired it with a soft pink blouse. After forcing down half a chicken salad sandwich, my mother wished me good luck and sent me out the door to dig into Taylor Anderson.

“Emily,” she called out to me, “don’t try and call Greg.”

The thought hadn’t occurred to me ... considering he was murdered. “I don’t know Mom. Won’t it look more suspicious if I don’t try and call him? I’m not supposed to know he’s dead. Normally if I hadn’t heard from him, I’d be calling to make sure everything was okay,” I pointed out.

She shrugged. “I was thinking, when the police examine your phone — which we know they will — it’s already going to register on a cell tower near the motel. When they interview the lady running the hotel, she’s going to remember you. And when they check the ATM, which is only a few blocks away, the cameras will have captured your image. The night clerk is going to remember you too, and two of the guests saw you there ... one a private investigator, for God’s sake. Your DNA is everywhere. And if that’s not enough, the two of you had a fight about him going to the seminar and you slept the night in Ava’s room. It won’t look good for you to call him. It’ll be perceived as trying to create an alibi. It might make things worse ... worse than they already are.”

Everything she said sounded so awful. “Yeah, I guess you’re right,” I agreed. “Besides, I don’t need an unanswered phone ringing in that motel room right now. Greg’s not going to pick up and there’s no need to leave a message.”

“Emily, just be careful.”

“Okay, I will.”

How? How could I be careful? I didn’t know the first thing about hunting down a real murderer. I couldn’t believe the mess I was in. It was bad enough that Greg was dead. That alone was enough to have my guts ripped apart inside. But adding to the weight, I was certainly a person of interest, and possibly the number one murder suspect. My actions made me look guilty as hell, even down to the point of finding Greg and instead of calling the police, I’d come to my mother’s house and taken a shower. It looked like I’d cleaned myself up after bludgeoning my husband to death.

Tracking down a killer wasn’t my forte and I had little idea about how to go about the task at hand. Unfortunately, I didn’t have Taylor Anderson’s phone number and the only thing I could think of was to go downtown to the District Attorney’s Office.

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