Death by Betrayal (Book #10 in the Caribbean Murder series) by Jaden Skye Page B

slept.
    Cindy
lay down, her palms cupping the sides of her head. She felt woozy and upset.
“What was the point of all that? What was the point?” she asked Mattheus.
    “There’s
a point to everything,” he calmly replied. “It’ll become clear later. Don’t
think about it now.”
    “What
do you think of my family?” Cindy couldn’t help asking as her eyelids grew
heavy. Her mother had just made it clear to Cindy again, how much she loved
Ann, and had no real regard for her. It was an old story, but became fresh
again now and hurt all over.
    “They’re
an interesting bunch,” Mattheus said softly, “not what I expected. But go to
sleep now, Cindy, we’ll talk more later. A little nap will do wonders.”
    Despite
herself, Cindy fell into a restless sleep. She tossed back and forth on the
lounge as she suddenly dreamt of her sister. Ann was standing at the edge of
the beach they’d been on, waving to her.
    “Ann,
Ann,” Cindy went running towards her in the dream, but the closer she got, the
further Ann receded. “Don’t go away, Ann,” Cindy called. “Wait a second, talk
to me.”
    But
Ann couldn’t stay. “Help me, help me,” Ann finally called to Cindy as her form
faded into the waves.
    “Ann!”
Cindy yelled, sitting bolt upright on the lounge and Mattheus ran over and put
his arms around her.
    “It’s
a dream, it’s only a dream, Cindy,” he tried to calm her down.
    “No,
she was there, I saw her,” Cindy was panting.
    “You
dreamt that you saw her,” Mattheus’s voice was soothing.
    “No,
I really saw her. She said help me, help me!” Cindy’s jaw was quivering.
    “We’ll
do our best,” Mattheus responded calmly.
    “But
we can’t help her now,” Cindy’s eyes opened wide with panic.
    “There’s
all kinds of ways to help,” Mattheus replied. “We’ll find out what happened.
We’ll bring her killer to justice. That will give everyone some peace of mind.”
    Cindy
got up off the lounge then, smoothed her dress out, and stroked Mattheus face.
“You’re a good man, Mattheus, you’re a kind man, too.”
    “What
can I do now to make you feel better?” he asked.
    “Let
me get up a minute and then we’ll get to work. That’s the best medicine. I want
to hear whatever you’ve discovered.  We have to make a plan of attack.”

Chapter 10
     
     
    Cindy
washed up, changed into beige slacks, a light paisley T shirt and sandals. Then
she brushed her hair, put on fresh lipstick and walked out onto the patio ready
to work.
    Mattheus
stood up when she arrived, but she motioned him to sit back down. They were
working partners again now, had to get going and focus on the case.
    “Okay,
tell me what you got from the police,” Cindy assumed a professional tone,
though it had a frantic edge to it.
    “I
learned something important,” Mattheus jumped right in. “I was waiting for the
right time to tell you.”
    “What?”
Cindy was alerted.
    “There
has been a rash of murders at this hotel this past year,” Mattheus said. “The
police have been keeping quiet.”
    “What?”
Cindy jumped up. “Trage didn’t say a word about it to me.”
    “He
couldn’t. You just lost your sister, it was too fresh, and besides they’re
trying their best to keep it quiet,” Mattheus explained. “They don’t want to
disrupt the tourist trade.”
    The
hair on Cindy’s neck bristled. “What kind of murders? Who was killed, when,
why?” She was fascinated.
    “I
couldn’t get too much more information than that,” Mattheus continued. “As of
now, the cases are all unsolved.”
    Cindy
was fascinated. “How is that possible they’re all unsolved?” It didn’t sound plausible.
    “The
police did lots of work on them,” said Mattheus. “They have bulging files on every
case, but no conclusion. Each case went cold.”
    “Something
smells bad here,” said Cindy.
    “It’s
not the police,” Mattheus jumped in. “Trage said he’d open all their files to
me. I can research them all