Eeny Meany Miny Die (Cat Sinclair Mysteries) Read Online Free
Author: Carolyn Scott
less did my work, I was eager to learn, and I hadn't gone behind his back. Not lately.
I checked my watch. Holy crap! It was three o'clock already. "I'll be right back." I hung up. "Jenny, I have to go." I pecked her on the cheek. "Send me a text with Frank's details and I'll let you know the outcome of his background check."
We said our goodbyes and left together. She folded her spidery limbs into her Porsche rental and I jumped into my Civic hatch. She was dust before I'd driven out of the parking lot. I headed back to the office to face the music.
CHAPTER 2
Will wasn't waiting for me at the front door tapping his foot like I thought he'd be. Gina was. We'd known each other for years. I'd even stayed with her for a few weeks while my apartment got refurbished after Carl toasted it. She's gorgeous and wonderful but unlucky in love. She'd just broken up with boyfriend number five for the year, a rather sweet computer programmer. He wasn't her usual type—he could count past ten—but I'd liked him. I thought Gina had too.
"Where have you been?" she demanded, arms crossed under her bosom. She wore a classic white knee-length dress that offset her mocha skin beautifully and would have looked ordinary on anyone who didn't have a Marilyn Monroe figure like Gina.
"Will? Have you taken over Gina's body?"
She cracked a smile. "Sorry, I didn't mean to stick my nose in, but I wanted to find out who she is." She nodded at Knight's front door.
Through the glass I could see Faith working at the reception desk's computer, her shoulder bones forming two points on either side of her bowed head like goal posts.
"That's our new office manager, Faith McIntosh."
"Will finally employed someone?" She squinted at Faith. "She looks so fragile. I hope she can stand up to him."
"I doubt it. Will seems to already know her, and I don't think he'd make the same mistake twice."
"If you're a mistake, then it's the best one he's ever made."
That's why I loved Gina. She was loyal and had a heart as big as the breasts cushioning it.
"Although, you have made his life difficult, and he really didn't need the extra work load brought on by Carl leaving."
She was also brutally honest.
"So how does he know Faith?" she asked.
"Not sure, but when I find out I'll let you know."
"You'd better."
Gina loved gossip. No doubt she'd pass any information about Faith on to the waiters at Trendz Café across the road, and in turn they'd tell Larry from Pots 'n More and so on. Gossip is what made the High Street trading precinct buzz. That and the rumble of large trucks roaring down the busy thoroughfare. There'd been precious little gossip in the weeks since Carl's arrest. Although to be fair, Knight Investigations had provided its share.
Gina followed a customer into her shop and I opened the office door. Faith looked up, her lips pursed in a prim, polite smile. When she recognized me, it slipped and she returned to what she was doing.
"Hello," she said stiffly.
"Hi." I started to head past her up to Will's office but stopped. If I had to work with her, I might as well get to know her, even though she didn't appear to want to make it easy for me. "So how was your first day?"
"Fine." She tapped away at the computer. When I didn't move, she added, "Yours?"
"Busy. Very busy. I had lunch with a new client to nut out some details of her case." It wasn't a lie—Jenny was a client, now.
She nodded but didn't look convinced. "Will's in his office."
Guess that was the end of that little chat. I knocked on Will's door and entered before he said, "Come in."
He looked up from his paperwork, his dark eyes not focusing on me straight away. From experience, I knew that meant he was up to his neck in work. "Hey. You're still alive."
"Don't be sarcastic," I said lightly, "especially when I'm out getting us a new client."
"Really? Who?" He leaned back in his chair and stretched his long legs out under the desk. A few strands of hair fell across his
I checked my watch. Holy crap! It was three o'clock already. "I'll be right back." I hung up. "Jenny, I have to go." I pecked her on the cheek. "Send me a text with Frank's details and I'll let you know the outcome of his background check."
We said our goodbyes and left together. She folded her spidery limbs into her Porsche rental and I jumped into my Civic hatch. She was dust before I'd driven out of the parking lot. I headed back to the office to face the music.
CHAPTER 2
Will wasn't waiting for me at the front door tapping his foot like I thought he'd be. Gina was. We'd known each other for years. I'd even stayed with her for a few weeks while my apartment got refurbished after Carl toasted it. She's gorgeous and wonderful but unlucky in love. She'd just broken up with boyfriend number five for the year, a rather sweet computer programmer. He wasn't her usual type—he could count past ten—but I'd liked him. I thought Gina had too.
"Where have you been?" she demanded, arms crossed under her bosom. She wore a classic white knee-length dress that offset her mocha skin beautifully and would have looked ordinary on anyone who didn't have a Marilyn Monroe figure like Gina.
"Will? Have you taken over Gina's body?"
She cracked a smile. "Sorry, I didn't mean to stick my nose in, but I wanted to find out who she is." She nodded at Knight's front door.
Through the glass I could see Faith working at the reception desk's computer, her shoulder bones forming two points on either side of her bowed head like goal posts.
"That's our new office manager, Faith McIntosh."
"Will finally employed someone?" She squinted at Faith. "She looks so fragile. I hope she can stand up to him."
"I doubt it. Will seems to already know her, and I don't think he'd make the same mistake twice."
"If you're a mistake, then it's the best one he's ever made."
That's why I loved Gina. She was loyal and had a heart as big as the breasts cushioning it.
"Although, you have made his life difficult, and he really didn't need the extra work load brought on by Carl leaving."
She was also brutally honest.
"So how does he know Faith?" she asked.
"Not sure, but when I find out I'll let you know."
"You'd better."
Gina loved gossip. No doubt she'd pass any information about Faith on to the waiters at Trendz Café across the road, and in turn they'd tell Larry from Pots 'n More and so on. Gossip is what made the High Street trading precinct buzz. That and the rumble of large trucks roaring down the busy thoroughfare. There'd been precious little gossip in the weeks since Carl's arrest. Although to be fair, Knight Investigations had provided its share.
Gina followed a customer into her shop and I opened the office door. Faith looked up, her lips pursed in a prim, polite smile. When she recognized me, it slipped and she returned to what she was doing.
"Hello," she said stiffly.
"Hi." I started to head past her up to Will's office but stopped. If I had to work with her, I might as well get to know her, even though she didn't appear to want to make it easy for me. "So how was your first day?"
"Fine." She tapped away at the computer. When I didn't move, she added, "Yours?"
"Busy. Very busy. I had lunch with a new client to nut out some details of her case." It wasn't a lie—Jenny was a client, now.
She nodded but didn't look convinced. "Will's in his office."
Guess that was the end of that little chat. I knocked on Will's door and entered before he said, "Come in."
He looked up from his paperwork, his dark eyes not focusing on me straight away. From experience, I knew that meant he was up to his neck in work. "Hey. You're still alive."
"Don't be sarcastic," I said lightly, "especially when I'm out getting us a new client."
"Really? Who?" He leaned back in his chair and stretched his long legs out under the desk. A few strands of hair fell across his
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