Heavenly Honeymoon (Zoe Donovan Mysteries Book 15) by Kathi Daley Page A

dinner cruise. Chances were that was when he was arranging for the invitation.
    “He said she owed him a favor and he’d asked her to arrange for his invitation. He also verified that Stefana works for Chandella as an escort. According to Jensen, they hadn’t met prior to Chandella arranging for Stefana to accompany Ricardo on the cruise.”
    “So I guess the million-dollar question is, why did Ricardo want to go on the cruise? We can’t ask him, but maybe Chandella knows. I’ll see if I can just happen to run into her tomorrow.”
    Zak took my hand in his. “Please be careful. You’re supposed to stay away from the investigation. I don’t want you to end up back in jail.”
    “I’ll be careful. In fact, I’ll fill Toad in before I track down Chandella. Maybe he’ll want to ask her about Ricardo himself. I just want this murder solved; I really don’t care who solves it.”
    I watched as Charlie chased the waves as the water receded and then flowed back onto the beach. He was certainly having fun on this trip. He loved the fact that Scooter and Alex were there to play with him. It made me happy to see him having such a good time.
    “Did Jensen say anything else that might prove to be helpful?” I eventually asked.
    “No, but I did find out something interesting. I decided to run a check on Ricardo’s finances while I was waiting for you to get back from town, and I found an offshore account with five deposits into it for twenty thousand dollars each. The entire balance of the account was transferred out the day after the cruise. I haven’t had a chance to trace the source of the deposits, but I’m going to.”
    “That’s a lot of money. It’s interesting that the money was transferred out the day after the man died.”
    “I thought so as well, although the transfer would have had to have been initiated before his death.”
    “I don’t follow.”
    “There’s a forty-eight-hour holding period between the time a transfer is initiated and completed. The transfer was completed the morning after he died, which means it would have been initiated the morning of the day before he died.”
    “That seems relevant,” I pointed out.
    “Yeah, I thought so too. I’m working on tracking down both the source of the deposits into the account and the destination of the deposits out.”
    “Hopefully, the information will help us to nail Ricardo’s killer. Do you think Talin will really prevent me from leaving the island if the case isn’t resolved by Wednesday?” I asked.
    Zak squeezed my hand. “I don’t know. What I do know is that I’m not leaving without you. If Talin won’t allow you to go, I’ll arrange for Coop to come for Ellie and the kids. Let’s just hope it doesn’t come to that.”
    I leaned my head against Zak’s shoulder as we walked. God, I loved this man. I’d managed to make a mess of our honeymoon due to my impulsive behavior, but he didn’t seem mad in the least. I vowed at that moment to find a way to show him just how much he meant to me.
    “I almost forgot to tell you that I’m no longer the only suspect in the case,” I informed Zak. “When I checked in with Toad he indicated that they were up to three. He wouldn’t say who the other two were, but when I speculated that both Park and Captain Jack might be suspects his expression told me that I’d guessed correctly.”
    “Neither of the two men have alibis,” Zak confirmed. “Maybe I should dig around in their backgrounds a bit. Park was out of the room when Ricardo was stabbed. He seems a likely suspect. If we can discover how they’re connected maybe we can figure out a motive.”
    “Now that I think about it, Park is the one who requested that the remainder of the cake be cut. He’s the one who sent me to the kitchen for the knife. I wonder if he was intentionally trying to set me up.”
    Zak frowned. “Why would he do that?”
    “Because of all the people on board the yacht that night I was the easiest to