The Influencer by Frankie Bow

The Influencer by Frankie Bow

Author:Frankie Bow [Bow, Frankie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, General, Humorous
ISBN: 9781393504832
Google: hOEhEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Hawaiian Heritage Press
Published: 2021-01-01T06:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER 27

WHEN I GOT BACK FROM Mass, Emma was lounging on the couch, playing a game on her phone.

“How was Mass?” she asked, without looking up. “You dodge the Passing of the Peace?”

“Mostly. What did you and Harriet get up to today?”

“I thought you didn’t wanna know. Cause plausible deniability.”

“I know, but I’m curious. Want a coffee?”

“Nah, I’m good.”

I went to make a cup for myself and joined her in the living room.

“We tailed ‘im,” Emma said, almost causing me to spray my coffee.

“Ladd?”

“Uh-huh,” she said.

“Emma, if he really is a murderer and he catches you following him, he’s going to kill both of you, and I’ll have to find someone to teach biz law in the middle of the semester. Unless he comes over and murders me afterwards, then it’s not my problem anymore I guess.”

“No worries. We kept outta sight.”

“Is Pat here? He’d probably like to hear about this.”

“I already told him the whole story. He’s been holed up in his room. He says he has to file something before some deadline.”

“He’s not going to write about you spying on Edward Ladd, is he?”

Emma set down her phone on the floor and sat up.

“He better not, I said not to.”

“So how are you so sure your target didn’t see you?”

“Know what? That coffee smells good.”

Emma came back with her own cup and sat on the couch.

“We used Harriet’s da kine. The big headphones and that horn-looking thing you point in the direction you wanna listen. Works good, that thing.”

“Is that legal?” I asked. “Never mind, she’s a law professor. She would know. So what happened?”

“First, we hadda go into the cemetery right behind the rental unit to get a clear shot.”

“So you and Harriet are standing in the cemetery, on a bright Sunday morning, wearing giant headphones and pointing the H.G. Wells ray gun at Ladd’s house. Very low-key.”

“You wanna hear about it or no?”

“Yes. Now I’m hungry though.”

I opened the refrigerator and looked for the leftovers was sure I’d seen in there this morning.

“Hey, are you hungry?” I called from inside the fridge.

“Nah, I already ate your leftovers.”

“Green candy corn it is.” I poured some onto a paper towel and rejoined Emma in the living room.

“Anyway, we was taking turns, one of us with the headphones, the other one holding the umbrella. So when Harriet had the headphones on, she heard the front door opening and closing. So we decided to split up with me following him. I got in my car and caught up to him pretty quick cause he was walking.”

“You followed a pedestrian in your car?”

“Yeah. I had to drive slow.”

“He didn’t notice a car driving next to him at three miles an hour?”

“Come on Molly, I know better than that. I drove behind him. An’ the electric car’s quiet. He didn’t notice me. Anyway I followed him all the way down to Long’s.”

“Okay, and?”

“He bought some allergy medicine, a frozen burrito, and a bottle of Wild Turkey 101.”

“Not exactly a smoking gun, Emma.”

“Okay, get this.



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