Deadly Disco in Las Vegas: A Humorous Tiffany Black Mystery (Tiffany Black Mysteries Book 6) by A.R. Winters Page B

they might have. I mean, Josh always liked other women. I don’t see why he wouldn’t sleep with Amelia since she clearly was into him.”
    I frowned and made a mental note of this. David had tried to be helpful, but perhaps he’d misconstrued Josh’s relationship with Amelia. Maybe this was why Amelia was so upset by Josh’s death that she would no longer work at Deadly Disco.
    “Didn’t it bother you?” said Ian. “That he was always with these other women?”
    Chloe shrugged. “Not really. He did his thing. He wasn’t a knight in shining armor, but I guess we got along. And what more do you need from a relationship?”
    “A ring?” suggested Ian. “All women want a ring.”
    “Not all women,” I reminded him. “Mary didn’t remarry.”
    Chloe nodded. “Yeah,” she said. “I didn’t need a ring.”
    “And what did you think of Mary?” I asked.
    Chloe shrugged. “Josh was pretty close with her and her son, but I never actually saw them that often.”
    “And how about David, have you met him?”
    Chloe tilted her head and thought back. “Maybe once or twice. Josh and I used to hang out with each other, not other people so much.”
    I nodded. “Did Josh seem different in any way before he died?”
    Chloe blew her nose and leaned back against the sofa cushions. “I don’t know,” she said. “He seemed his usual self. But he’d just had a fight with David, I think. Because he wanted to invest in Taylor’s concierge business idea, and David told him not to do it. Said there were already too many concierge businesses and it’s hard to break into the industry without contacts.”
    “Josh told you all this?” I looked at Chloe, surprised. This was the first I was hearing about it.
    Chloe nodded. “Josh was really upset at David, and he told me that. I mean, it was his own money, but he kept saying that he wished his business partner had a bit more faith in his son.”
    I sighed. “Did Josh have any other problems with David?”
    “I wouldn’t call this a problem,” said Chloe. “This was just an argument.”
    I nodded. “Right. But maybe they were going off in different business directions.”
    Chloe looked at me, surprised, as though the idea had just occurred to her. “David does get a third of Josh’s estate,” she said slowly. “And perhaps they wanted to do different business things. But I think, really, Mary’s being a bit paranoid. I’m sure Josh’s death was just an accident.”
    “Maybe,” I said. “But we said we’d look into it. Did you have any reason to think David wanted to do different business things?”
    Chloe looked off into the distance, thinking. Finally, she said, “I think Josh mentioned once that David was talking about dissolving the partnership and investing separately. David wanted to buy some strip clubs and Josh didn’t. But they couldn’t dissolve the partnership because David didn’t have enough money to buy Josh out.”
    Ian and I exchanged a glance through our black gas masks. If David wanted out, he’d certainly gotten an out now.
    “This is interesting,” said Ian. “I guess we should ask David about this.”
    “Do you have any more questions for me?” Chloe said. “I think I’m gonna go take a nap. The cold medicine’s making me sleepy.”
    I said, “I think we’re almost done. Maybe we’ll actually have time to get back home and make some cupcakes.”
    “I love cupcakes,” said Chloe. “But they make you fat.”
    I nodded. “I know. The casino I work at now is going to introduce weight controls, and I might not make the cut if I keep eating cupcakes every day.”
    Chloe shrugged. “You can always go work at a different casino, right?”
    “Yes,” I said slowly. “I suppose I could. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to working at the Treasury and I can’t imagine looking for a new job. Working at a new place.”
    I’d always enjoyed my job at the Treasury. I couldn’t imagine a future where I worked somewhere else.