A Healthy Homicide
“When he was within earshot, I called out, “Detective Palmer, isn’t it great how Gretchen decided to help you guys with your investigation?”
I heard a sigh escape his lips as he reached me. He crossed his arms over his navy blue polo shirt. “Exactly what do you know about it?”
“I know she told you how she overheard two people arguing in the Pampered Life right before Carla was murdered.”
His frown deepened. “You knew this before I did?”
I stood there under his unrelenting gaze. The sun felt much... warmer all of a sudden. In my efforts to help Gretchen, I might have landed in water hotter than the farm’s Jacuzzi. “The minute Gretchen told me what she’d heard, I insisted she contact you,” I assured him.
“Good. I’m sure you know better than to keep information from the police.”
“Absolutely.” I glanced back inside the tent, but Gretchen was nowhere in sight. She must have taken her client to one of the sections in the back. Still, I lowered my voice. “You’re not here to arrest her, are you?”MoreLess
I heard a sigh escape his lips as he reached me. He crossed his arms over his navy blue polo shirt. “Exactly what do you know about it?”
“I know she told you how she overheard two people arguing in the Pampered Life right before Carla was murdered.”
His frown deepened. “You knew this before I did?”
I stood there under his unrelenting gaze. The sun felt much... warmer all of a sudden. In my efforts to help Gretchen, I might have landed in water hotter than the farm’s Jacuzzi. “The minute Gretchen told me what she’d heard, I insisted she contact you,” I assured him.
“Good. I’m sure you know better than to keep information from the police.”
“Absolutely.” I glanced back inside the tent, but Gretchen was nowhere in sight. She must have taken her client to one of the sections in the back. Still, I lowered my voice. “You’re not here to arrest her, are you?”MoreLess
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