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wasn’t all that great. I was shocked, to say the least.
“I know you don’t approve, but please hear me out,” she said.
“Katy, it’s not that I don’t approve. I just want you to be happy, and Chris has hurt you so much in the past.” Chris and Katy had been on again off again since middle school, and not so long ago he had been having an affair with a senator’s wife. A senator that was killed in our hometown, which was how I reconnected with Cooper. But I digress.
“Presley, he’s changed. He really has.”
Like I hadn’t heard that before.
“This is what I want, and it makes me so happy you can be happy for me!”
“So, don’t hold back; tell me the details,” I asked in an effort to be a good friend. This was an idea I would have to get used to.
“We are getting married July 1st.”
“Make sure to let me know what I can do to help,” I told her.
“First, I hope you will help by agreeing to be my maid of honor.”
“Of course! I would love that,” I said with false excitement. I couldn’t help but think she was making a terrible mistake, but I had to be supportive.
“Yeah! I’m so excited. This is going to be so much fun. Listen, I need to go rinse out Mrs. Parker’s color, but I will call you later in the week and we can talk more about the details and set a game plan.”
“Sounds great, Katy. Congratulations. Tell Chris congrats, too, for me.”
“I will. Talk soon!”
Cooper wasn’t going to believe this.
Chapter 12
D id you hear the news?” I asked Cooper after I had filled him in on all the pageant-related happenings. We were in downtown Dallas at a restaurant across from the police station, waiting to meet a Sam Devon, a chemist Cooper had found to talk to about the poison Hollie ingested. It was information he hadn’t been able to get from Detective Miller. Cooper had asked me to take a taxi down here, thinking that after we were done with Sam Devon we could maybe see a few of the sights. It was hard finding any time for pleasure while working. But we’d come here for work, not play, and I understood that.
“What news?”
“Chris asked Katy to marry him.”
Cooper raised his eyebrows. “Really? Well, I guess congratulations are in order.”
“Yes. Really,” I sighed.
“You don’t seem too happy about it.”
“Why would I be? She’s my best friend and you know how he treats her. How can I be happy about that?”
“If she’s happy, you should be happy.”
“You men just don’t get it!”
Cooper laughed. “No. You women make it so difficult. It’s not your life. You need to let her live hers. Let her make her own mistakes.”
“Even when I know she’s making what could be the biggest mistake of her life and setting herself up for another heartbreak?”
“Even then, Pres. You are her friend and you will be there for her if she needs you, but you can’t tell her what to do.”
“I just don’t…”
“Hi, Dr. Devon. Thanks for meeting us,” Cooper said, interrupting me and standing up to greet the chemist. “Please. Have a seat.”
Sam Devon sat down and looked over at me.
“Hi, Dr. Devon. I’m Presley Thurman, an associate of Cooper’s,” I said, reaching over to shake his hand. He didn’t look like a typical science guy. He had on a short sleeved polo and I could tell by his biceps he must work out a lot. He didn’t look like someone who spent his days in the lab.
“Nice to meet you, Presley. Please, both of you, call me Sam.”
Cooper turned to me and explained, “Sam is a chemistry professor at the University of Texas.”
Sam nodded and looked at Cooper. “When you called, you said you wanted to know about the process of synthesizing the tassel flower into a liquid poison?”
“Yes,” Cooper said. “We know the victim ingested the poison, and the medical examiner said it had been ingested in liquid form, but I thought maybe if I had a better understanding of how that process happened it might give
“I know you don’t approve, but please hear me out,” she said.
“Katy, it’s not that I don’t approve. I just want you to be happy, and Chris has hurt you so much in the past.” Chris and Katy had been on again off again since middle school, and not so long ago he had been having an affair with a senator’s wife. A senator that was killed in our hometown, which was how I reconnected with Cooper. But I digress.
“Presley, he’s changed. He really has.”
Like I hadn’t heard that before.
“This is what I want, and it makes me so happy you can be happy for me!”
“So, don’t hold back; tell me the details,” I asked in an effort to be a good friend. This was an idea I would have to get used to.
“We are getting married July 1st.”
“Make sure to let me know what I can do to help,” I told her.
“First, I hope you will help by agreeing to be my maid of honor.”
“Of course! I would love that,” I said with false excitement. I couldn’t help but think she was making a terrible mistake, but I had to be supportive.
“Yeah! I’m so excited. This is going to be so much fun. Listen, I need to go rinse out Mrs. Parker’s color, but I will call you later in the week and we can talk more about the details and set a game plan.”
“Sounds great, Katy. Congratulations. Tell Chris congrats, too, for me.”
“I will. Talk soon!”
Cooper wasn’t going to believe this.
Chapter 12
D id you hear the news?” I asked Cooper after I had filled him in on all the pageant-related happenings. We were in downtown Dallas at a restaurant across from the police station, waiting to meet a Sam Devon, a chemist Cooper had found to talk to about the poison Hollie ingested. It was information he hadn’t been able to get from Detective Miller. Cooper had asked me to take a taxi down here, thinking that after we were done with Sam Devon we could maybe see a few of the sights. It was hard finding any time for pleasure while working. But we’d come here for work, not play, and I understood that.
“What news?”
“Chris asked Katy to marry him.”
Cooper raised his eyebrows. “Really? Well, I guess congratulations are in order.”
“Yes. Really,” I sighed.
“You don’t seem too happy about it.”
“Why would I be? She’s my best friend and you know how he treats her. How can I be happy about that?”
“If she’s happy, you should be happy.”
“You men just don’t get it!”
Cooper laughed. “No. You women make it so difficult. It’s not your life. You need to let her live hers. Let her make her own mistakes.”
“Even when I know she’s making what could be the biggest mistake of her life and setting herself up for another heartbreak?”
“Even then, Pres. You are her friend and you will be there for her if she needs you, but you can’t tell her what to do.”
“I just don’t…”
“Hi, Dr. Devon. Thanks for meeting us,” Cooper said, interrupting me and standing up to greet the chemist. “Please. Have a seat.”
Sam Devon sat down and looked over at me.
“Hi, Dr. Devon. I’m Presley Thurman, an associate of Cooper’s,” I said, reaching over to shake his hand. He didn’t look like a typical science guy. He had on a short sleeved polo and I could tell by his biceps he must work out a lot. He didn’t look like someone who spent his days in the lab.
“Nice to meet you, Presley. Please, both of you, call me Sam.”
Cooper turned to me and explained, “Sam is a chemistry professor at the University of Texas.”
Sam nodded and looked at Cooper. “When you called, you said you wanted to know about the process of synthesizing the tassel flower into a liquid poison?”
“Yes,” Cooper said. “We know the victim ingested the poison, and the medical examiner said it had been ingested in liquid form, but I thought maybe if I had a better understanding of how that process happened it might give
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