favorites button.
All the Divas were in my favorites. I hit Flora’s name.
“Flora, Henry Frisk was found dead in his office and Noah is at Second Cup shutting the place down.”
“Stop right there,” Flora interrupted. “I’m calling my bastard right now.”
I didn’t have to ask whom she was referring to nor did I have time. She had hung up before my heart could take its next beat.
Bernadine and I sat at one of the tables waiting for Bennie to show up. Noah and the other officers did all sorts of counting and fingerprinting, leaving a mess along the way.
Bernadine had chipped off half of her red nail polish before Bennie arrived.
“Sorry, Bennie.” Beverly put her hand on Bennie’s chest when he tried to enter. She looked like a big giant guarding the place. “Closed.”
“Not for me.” He shoved past Beverly.
“Are you representing her?” Beverly stood in disbelief. “You have got to be kidding me. Bennie, you won’t win this one.”
“Bennie.” Bernadine jumped up and melted into Bennie’s neatly pressed sear-sucker white-and-blue striped jacket. When she pulled away, there was a big mascara stain on the front pocket.
“Let’s talk.” He gestured to the leather chair on the other side. He took out the hanky from the pocket and started to wipe down the pocket, making the mascara streak more. Finally giving up, he put the hanky back in the pocket. “It’s a little more private over here.”
Big mouth Beverly must’ve told Noah Bennie was here because within seconds he was headed our way. There was a plastic evidence bag in his hand. As he got closer, I could tell there was some red stuff in there, like blood. I figured he didn’t go to the kitchen for red food coloring.
“Bennie.” Noah did the guy nod thing. Bennie did his best to do the guy nod back, but everyone in town knew Bennie was gay and didn’t try to be anything different.
“Bennie!” A voice shouted from the front door.
It was Bennie’s private investigator, Ernie. He looked like he had just crawled out of bed with his untucked button down. Plus, the two top buttons were undone, not to mention it was wrinkled like it had been balled up in a corner of a room for days. There was a small stain on the thigh of his khaki pants.
At the same time, Bennie and Noah motioned for him to come on over. Reluctantly, Beverly let him through. There was a crowd that had gathered outside and spilled into Main Street. News traveled fast in Swanee and this was big news.
“What’s going on in there, Holly?” Agnes tapped on the window and then used it as a shield over her brows to see in better. “I can see you in there!”
Agnes lived in the heart of town in an old mansion like Ginger. She didn’t miss a beat. Especially since she just had her eyes fixed.
“Noah Druck, you better tell me what’s going on in there or I’m going to call your momma!” Agnes was getting more and more irritate and knocked louder and louder until Noah finally gave in and walked out to talk to her.
Apparently she didn’t like what he had to say because she was scolding him, wagging her finger in his face as Noah just stared down at the ground.
Noah walked back in and put his hat on his head.
“I don’t know what you feed these women, Holly, but they have all gone nuts since you started that little gossip circle, and nothing but venom is coming from it.”
My phone chirped. Thank God because it probably saved me from going to jail for beating up an officer. I retrieved it to see who it was. It was Cheri. She texted me to tell me that Gilley was there to talk to me. She wanted to know where I was.
“You sent Gilley to The Beaded Dragonfly?” I asked Noah and tried not to stare at the bloody knife in the plastic evidence bag.
“I told you I needed to look at your beading supplies.” Noah had a smug look on his face. “Anyway, this is one of the weapons that killed Henry.”
Bernadine covered her mouth and looked away. Bennie tried to
All the Divas were in my favorites. I hit Flora’s name.
“Flora, Henry Frisk was found dead in his office and Noah is at Second Cup shutting the place down.”
“Stop right there,” Flora interrupted. “I’m calling my bastard right now.”
I didn’t have to ask whom she was referring to nor did I have time. She had hung up before my heart could take its next beat.
Bernadine and I sat at one of the tables waiting for Bennie to show up. Noah and the other officers did all sorts of counting and fingerprinting, leaving a mess along the way.
Bernadine had chipped off half of her red nail polish before Bennie arrived.
“Sorry, Bennie.” Beverly put her hand on Bennie’s chest when he tried to enter. She looked like a big giant guarding the place. “Closed.”
“Not for me.” He shoved past Beverly.
“Are you representing her?” Beverly stood in disbelief. “You have got to be kidding me. Bennie, you won’t win this one.”
“Bennie.” Bernadine jumped up and melted into Bennie’s neatly pressed sear-sucker white-and-blue striped jacket. When she pulled away, there was a big mascara stain on the front pocket.
“Let’s talk.” He gestured to the leather chair on the other side. He took out the hanky from the pocket and started to wipe down the pocket, making the mascara streak more. Finally giving up, he put the hanky back in the pocket. “It’s a little more private over here.”
Big mouth Beverly must’ve told Noah Bennie was here because within seconds he was headed our way. There was a plastic evidence bag in his hand. As he got closer, I could tell there was some red stuff in there, like blood. I figured he didn’t go to the kitchen for red food coloring.
“Bennie.” Noah did the guy nod thing. Bennie did his best to do the guy nod back, but everyone in town knew Bennie was gay and didn’t try to be anything different.
“Bennie!” A voice shouted from the front door.
It was Bennie’s private investigator, Ernie. He looked like he had just crawled out of bed with his untucked button down. Plus, the two top buttons were undone, not to mention it was wrinkled like it had been balled up in a corner of a room for days. There was a small stain on the thigh of his khaki pants.
At the same time, Bennie and Noah motioned for him to come on over. Reluctantly, Beverly let him through. There was a crowd that had gathered outside and spilled into Main Street. News traveled fast in Swanee and this was big news.
“What’s going on in there, Holly?” Agnes tapped on the window and then used it as a shield over her brows to see in better. “I can see you in there!”
Agnes lived in the heart of town in an old mansion like Ginger. She didn’t miss a beat. Especially since she just had her eyes fixed.
“Noah Druck, you better tell me what’s going on in there or I’m going to call your momma!” Agnes was getting more and more irritate and knocked louder and louder until Noah finally gave in and walked out to talk to her.
Apparently she didn’t like what he had to say because she was scolding him, wagging her finger in his face as Noah just stared down at the ground.
Noah walked back in and put his hat on his head.
“I don’t know what you feed these women, Holly, but they have all gone nuts since you started that little gossip circle, and nothing but venom is coming from it.”
My phone chirped. Thank God because it probably saved me from going to jail for beating up an officer. I retrieved it to see who it was. It was Cheri. She texted me to tell me that Gilley was there to talk to me. She wanted to know where I was.
“You sent Gilley to The Beaded Dragonfly?” I asked Noah and tried not to stare at the bloody knife in the plastic evidence bag.
“I told you I needed to look at your beading supplies.” Noah had a smug look on his face. “Anyway, this is one of the weapons that killed Henry.”
Bernadine covered her mouth and looked away. Bennie tried to
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