Wicked Harvest by Karen MacInerney

Author:Karen MacInerney [MacInerney, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gray Whale Press, LLC
Published: 2019-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

13

"Who?"

"It would make sense for it to be Felix, I suppose, but he would never do something like that." She thought about it for a moment. "I know Adriana Janacek was there. Maybe it was her, or Max Pfeiffer."

"What do you know about Adriana?"

She shrugged. "She seems out to get Simon, that's for sure. After the barley fiasco, I can see why she'd want to get back at Felix by embarrassing him in public."

"That was the only reason you know of?"

"What do you mean?" Teena narrowed her eyes at me. "Is there something else you know? I know Felix said he thought she had a crush on him once."

"Ah," I said. That would explain the incident at the Hitching Post. "Did they ever date?"

"Felix said she wasn't his type," Teena said. Since Teena was almost twenty years his junior, I was wondering if maybe Felix's type tended to significantly younger women, which frankly I found a little icky. Adriana was in her early thirties, only a few years younger than Felix.

"Do you still have access to the brewery?" I asked.

She nodded. "I've got keys," she said. "Why?"

"I think we should go take a look at the place," I suggested.

"Okay. When?"

"I don't want Simon to know we're there, necessarily. When would be a good time?"

"He left ten minutes ago. He's supposed to be in LaGrange for some kind of meeting tonight," she said. "Maybe after the market closes, we can go over?"

"Are you sure?"

"He usually spends the night in LaGrange when he goes," she told me in a low voice. "Felix told me he was seeing someone, but I don't know who."

"Teena!" one of the other employees called out. "We need help closing up!"

"Oh... sorry!" she called back. "I'd better get back to work," she said. "Meet me in a half hour? We'll go in my car, so it doesn't look suspicious."

"What will you say if someone asks about me?"

"We were going out for a drink," she said, "and I realized I left something behind at the brewery, so you came with me."

"Good enough, I suppose."

"I'm parked in front of the Red & White," she said. "See you in thirty."

As she headed back to the beer booth, Tobias returned to the stall.

"What was that all about?" he asked as Teena scuttled back to her post.

"Can you take the kitten back to the farm? I'm going over to the brewery with her tonight to look around," I told him.

He cocked an eyebrow. "Is that going to be okay with Simon?"

"He's not going to be there," I said.

"I don't like it."

"I know," I said. "But I promised Teena I'd help figure out what's going on. She doesn't think Simon is responsible for what happened to Felix."

Tobias sighed. "I know better than to try to talk you out of it, but I don't think you should do it."

"Noted," I said. "Now, will you help me pack the truck?"

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