Trouble Vision by Allison Kingsley

Author:Allison Kingsley
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group, USA
Published: 2013-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

10

“We’ve been going about this all wrong,” Clara said as she sat down on her bed that evening with her cell phone pressed against her ear.

At the end of the line, Stephanie sounded tired. “What does that mean?”

Clara shoved Tatters over and swung her bare feet up on the bed. Leaning against the headboard, she patted the dog’s head. “We’ve been wasting our time trying to find out what happened at the construction site. What we need to do is look into the bank robbery. Maybe we can find the connection if we know more about it.”

“Good idea. What do you think we should do next?”

Clara sighed. “I don’t know. I’d love to ask Dan about the police report, but that would be pretty stupid. He’d probably throw me in jail.”

“Well, I know how you can find out more.”

“And what’s that?” Clara asked cautiously. No doubt Stephanie was about to come up with another of her harebrained plans. Though she had to admit, once in a while, by some miracle, her cousin’s ideas actually produced the desired result.

“Well, Dan isn’t the only one who gets to see the police report.”

“So?”

“So, you get Tim to ask you out on a date. Then you can casually ask him how the investigation is going. He’s Dan’s chief deputy, I bet he knows everything there is to know about the robbery.”

Clara sighed. “I am not going on a date with Tim Rossi.”

Stephanie’s voice rose in exasperation. “Why not? You know he’d jump at the chance to go out with you. He can’t take his eyes off you when he’s in the store.”

“For one thing, I’m not interested in dating Tim.”

“But if it’s to find out about the robbery—”

“For another thing, it’s not fair to let a guy think you’re interested in him when you’re not.”

“But—”

“For a third thing, if Dan found out, he’d bust us both.”

“You’re just making excuses.”

“And why would I do that?”

“I dunno. Maybe you’re afraid of upsetting Rick Sanders.”

“That’s ridiculous. It has nothing to do with Rick. He’s just a friend, and I’m certainly not going to let him dictate my social life.”

“Oh, yeah? I see you when he comes in the bookstore. You look at him the way Tim looks at you. You get all twittery.”

Clara puffed out her breath. “Now you’re just being juvenile.”

“Has he kissed you yet?”

Clara winced at her cousin’s sly tone. “No, he hasn’t. Nor do I expect him to, so quit the interrogation. There’s a simple way to find out more about the bank robbery.”

To her relief, Stephanie jumped on the change of subject. “What? Tell me! What is it?”

“I can talk to Janice at the bank. She was there when the robbery happened. She can tell me everything I need to know.”

“Now why didn’t I think of that?” Stephanie paused, then spoke away from the phone. “Olivia! Put Jasper down this minute. No! He will not fit into your dollhouse so quit trying to stuff him in there.” She sighed into the phone. “I’d better go and rescue the poor cat.

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