Organized for Homicide (Organized Mysteries Book 2) by Ritter Ames Page A
Authors: Ritter Ames
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between the two drinks if I had mixed it in the blender. But this way I can save glasses too. And if I decide I can't finish it right now, the lid goes on the Mason jar, and it's ready for refrigerator storage."
" And for another zap if you want to blend it again later," Meg added.
" Also great if I want to mix anything up early, to be ready when the girls beg for a snack later." Kate moved back to the table. "Well, we have our treat now. Let's see if we can figure out a few more questions you can run by Gil. I'm worried about Sydney."
Meg set her shake on to the table and dropped into her chair. "I can't believe he didn't say anything about Erin."
" Maybe he didn't know. Valerie didn't tell me who her source is."
" That's easy. She's buddies with several people who work in Erin's office. She probably picked up the scuttlebutt from one of them."
Kate tapped the end of her pen against her lip. "Which means we don't know how reliable the information is. Not just because it's from Valerie, but someone may have added the info about the text to give Erin a reason for being there."
" No." Meg tapped a nail on the tabletop. "Based on the scene we witnessed between Erin and Collier and Constable Banks yesterday, there wasn't a reason good enough for Erin to be there."
" Except Valerie said Collier had been the one who texted Erin and asked her to come by the house."
Meg gave three slow shakes of her head. "I don't believe that. He was too opposed to her being onsite."
" But he did say he'd left Dara and Dustin to come home with their friends' family," Kate reminded. "He could have arranged everything so he would be alone with Erin."
" You think he lured Erin there to kill her, then accidently killed Lila instead?"
Kate shrugged. "I don't know what I think. I'm just throwing out supposition here. His coming back without the kids makes me wonder if Erin is actually telling the truth. But given we live in a small town, she may have seen him leave with the kids at the restaurant and decided to have a showdown with him if she could catch him alone."
" Then why would she have come to the house when there were cops all over?"
" Because she's nosy?"
" Or maybe she killed Lila, ran away, then circled back and showed up pretending she got a text so she could look all innocent," Meg suggested.
" You really don't like her, do you?" Kate asked, smiling.
" No, I really don't. Go ahead and laugh at my suggestion. I know you want to," Meg said, letting her own contagious laughter fill the room.
" Okay, okay." Kate held up a hand, then resumed scribbling on her list.
1) Blaine Collier showed up without his kids. Could he have already come by earlier on foot to kill his ex-wife then drive up afterward?
2) Did Erin get a text like Valerie said?
3) When did Erin arrive on the scene?
"I wish we knew when Erin arrived." Kate tapped her pen on the page. "Since we were in the house, we missed it. And we only have Valerie's word about her rumor. We need Gil to find out what he can tell us. If possible, it would be nice to know who told Valerie the story to begin with, so we can try to decide if it's coming from someone trying to help Erin, or someone who doesn't like her."
" Like me," Meg added.
Kate pointed her pen as a silent warning and couldn 't help but smile. The laughter was too close to the surface for her to let it start again. "We need to see if we can find out exactly when Collier left the hamburger place, to determine if he could have come by, killed his ex-wife, then run off and reappeared later in his car."
" But would he do something like that and let his daughter get suspected of the murder?" Meg asked. "Remember, whoever killed Lila used Sydney's knife to do so."
" Good point. You saw where her workroom is located. It was close enough, but not right next door. Someone had to purposely go there for the knife, then go back and kill Lila on the balcony."
" Unless the knife wasn't in the workroom."
Kate
" And for another zap if you want to blend it again later," Meg added.
" Also great if I want to mix anything up early, to be ready when the girls beg for a snack later." Kate moved back to the table. "Well, we have our treat now. Let's see if we can figure out a few more questions you can run by Gil. I'm worried about Sydney."
Meg set her shake on to the table and dropped into her chair. "I can't believe he didn't say anything about Erin."
" Maybe he didn't know. Valerie didn't tell me who her source is."
" That's easy. She's buddies with several people who work in Erin's office. She probably picked up the scuttlebutt from one of them."
Kate tapped the end of her pen against her lip. "Which means we don't know how reliable the information is. Not just because it's from Valerie, but someone may have added the info about the text to give Erin a reason for being there."
" No." Meg tapped a nail on the tabletop. "Based on the scene we witnessed between Erin and Collier and Constable Banks yesterday, there wasn't a reason good enough for Erin to be there."
" Except Valerie said Collier had been the one who texted Erin and asked her to come by the house."
Meg gave three slow shakes of her head. "I don't believe that. He was too opposed to her being onsite."
" But he did say he'd left Dara and Dustin to come home with their friends' family," Kate reminded. "He could have arranged everything so he would be alone with Erin."
" You think he lured Erin there to kill her, then accidently killed Lila instead?"
Kate shrugged. "I don't know what I think. I'm just throwing out supposition here. His coming back without the kids makes me wonder if Erin is actually telling the truth. But given we live in a small town, she may have seen him leave with the kids at the restaurant and decided to have a showdown with him if she could catch him alone."
" Then why would she have come to the house when there were cops all over?"
" Because she's nosy?"
" Or maybe she killed Lila, ran away, then circled back and showed up pretending she got a text so she could look all innocent," Meg suggested.
" You really don't like her, do you?" Kate asked, smiling.
" No, I really don't. Go ahead and laugh at my suggestion. I know you want to," Meg said, letting her own contagious laughter fill the room.
" Okay, okay." Kate held up a hand, then resumed scribbling on her list.
1) Blaine Collier showed up without his kids. Could he have already come by earlier on foot to kill his ex-wife then drive up afterward?
2) Did Erin get a text like Valerie said?
3) When did Erin arrive on the scene?
"I wish we knew when Erin arrived." Kate tapped her pen on the page. "Since we were in the house, we missed it. And we only have Valerie's word about her rumor. We need Gil to find out what he can tell us. If possible, it would be nice to know who told Valerie the story to begin with, so we can try to decide if it's coming from someone trying to help Erin, or someone who doesn't like her."
" Like me," Meg added.
Kate pointed her pen as a silent warning and couldn 't help but smile. The laughter was too close to the surface for her to let it start again. "We need to see if we can find out exactly when Collier left the hamburger place, to determine if he could have come by, killed his ex-wife, then run off and reappeared later in his car."
" But would he do something like that and let his daughter get suspected of the murder?" Meg asked. "Remember, whoever killed Lila used Sydney's knife to do so."
" Good point. You saw where her workroom is located. It was close enough, but not right next door. Someone had to purposely go there for the knife, then go back and kill Lila on the balcony."
" Unless the knife wasn't in the workroom."
Kate
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