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“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Then he leaned down and pulled out the wad of gum and yarn and threw it toward the water. It made a splash as it hit. “I’ll be going now,” he said, but Dinah ordered him to halt.
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Dinah and I didn’t say anything. Be
Be
“You women are crazy! What are you doing now?” an angry voice said. When I looked up, Nora was jogging across the sand toward us.
Adele stopped swinging the pouch bag, but held it at the ready.
“What do you have in there, rocks?” Be
“As a matter of fact, I do,” Adele said. “I found some pretty ones on the beach and there’s my cell phone, too.”
“Enough chit-chat. Is somebody going to tell me what’s going on? And for heaven’s sake unwrap his legs,” Nora barked.
I looked at Be
He grunted. “I’ve got nothing to say.”
“In that case,” I said, getting my thoughts in order. But Adele beat me to the punch.
“He not only broke the window of my precious car, but it’s his fault Pink ended up driving my car on the beach. Will you look at it? I wonder if it will ever work again.” Adele went over and stroked her car.
Nora looked at Be
“There’s nothing to say. You can’t prove that I did anything to the car, or that anybody else did, for that matter. The evidence is gone out to sea. And that ridiculous story about the s’more…” Be
“We saw you smash the car window,” Dinah said.
This time Nora spoke. “We’ll pay for the window. I’m sure it was just a mistake. We’ll pay for several windows. Now undo him this instant, or I’m calling the police.” She had her cell phone in her hand.
Dinah and I looked at each other. Before we could tell her to go ahead, I saw a police car park along Sunset, and a moment later Sergeant French trudged across the sand toward us.
Nora rushed over to him. “Thank heavens you’re here. Those women tied up my husband.” Be
Sergeant French surprised me by asking me what was going on, then listening carefully as I told him the scenario with the s’more and Be
Be
“What?” Be
“Do you know who he is?” Nora demanded.
Sergeant French nodded. “I know exactly what name to put on the arrest report. For now, you’re under arrest for vandalizing the Honda. But I’m confident you’ll also be charged with attempted murder and murder.”
“He got rid of the evidence,” I said in a low voice. “Your people took samples before, right? Now they’ll know whose DNA to match it with.”
“Thanks for the suggestion, Ms. Pink. Don’t worry, we’re professionals. He pointed toward the flapping yellow tape on the car. “I had my forensic people go over the car thoroughly when I was here before. They took a sample of the glop under the accelerator along with everything else before they released the car.”
This time Be
Even though Sergeant French made sure Be
Nora tried to silence him and when she noticed Mason, tried to secure his services on the spot, but Mason declined and Be
“It was all a plan. When Izabelle asked for help with her presentation, it was just a reason to get me alone.” He paused as if he expected understanding.
“You could have kept your pants on,” Dinah said with disgust.
Be
He said he’d appeared to go along with her plan and arranged the meeting on the beach. He knew about Izabelle’s peanut allergy.
I couldn’t help myself as I interrupted. “And I know how you did it.”
All eyes went from him to me. “I saw a snippet of a wedding on a TV show. The bride cut the first piece of wedding cake and fed it to the groom, and then they kissed and frosting got all over both of their faces as the cake traveled back and forth.” A low hum of yuck went through the group. “That’s how you got her to eat the s’more. Well, eat is the wrong word, isn’t it? You got it into her system. You bit off a piece and then kissed her. Tongues and all.”
Dinah muttered something about it really being the kiss of death.
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Tears were streaming down Nora’s face. Be