Murder to Go (The Heights Bed and Breakfast Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) Read Online Free Page B

You wrote
back to him in the comments. You wrote you would kill him if you saw him in
your restaurant again. You must have been very upset when you saw him the past
couple of days eating your food at The Heights.”
    “I didn’t
really mean I would kill him. I just didn’t want him to come back to my
restaurant,” Karl exclaimed.
    Babs
reached into her side pocket and drew out a folded paper. After unfolding it, she
announced to the family. “This is the actual comment, ‘ I will kill you if I see you in my restaurant again. I will force you to
eat your words.’ That’s what you wrote, right?”
    “I
wrote it,” Karl admitted. “I was really upset but I never intended to do
anything to him. I just wanted to let him know who he was hurting with his
reviews.”
    “And
that was years ago,” Carolyn reminded the detective.
    Babs
folded the paper and tucked it back into her pocket. “It shows he had a motive,
and he intended to seek revenge, and you definitely made him eat his words.”
    “There
must be thousands of threats like that in the comments on Porky’s blog,”
Carolyn countered.
    “Karl
is the only one of them who followed through with them. I guess Monica was
collateral damage.”Babs took hold of Karl’s
elbow and turned him around. “Karl Jacobson, you’re under arrest for the murder
of Paul Tenboom and Monica Rorschach. You have the right to remain silent.”
    Carolyn
looked around in a panic, but the others stared at the scene in horror. “You
can’t do this!”
    Babs
turned on her. “Please calm down.If you don't
stop interfering in my arrest, I'll have to charge you with obstruction of
justice. You can see him after we process him. I can let you know when you can
come down to the station.”
    Carolyn
stared at her. This couldn’t be happening. “Please, Detective. I didn’t mean to
interfere. I just want to help my husband.”
    “You
can help him by hiringhim a good lawyer,” Babs suggested.
“He’ll have a bail hearing in the morning, but capital murder suspects don’t
get bail for any amount of money you could afford. You would have to mortgage
this whole building to get him out of jail.”
    “You
have the wrong man, Detective,” Carolyn objected.
    “You
can get in touch with me at the station to find out how the case is shaping
up.” Babs turned toward the door. “Take my advice, get yourself a lawyer.”

Chapter 4
    The rising
sun’s rays woke Carolyn early the next morning. She had stayed up all night
reading over Porky’s blog, hoping to find someone who might have had the
opportunity to kill Porky and Monica by the beach. She rose and threw on a
bathrobe and headed into the kitchen.
    Sarah
was cooking on the small stovetop. There was a smell of bacon mixed with the
aroma of coffee, but neither soothed Carolyn as she sat down at the breakfast
table. She buried her face in her hands. “How could this happen? Karl would
never kill anybody. There must be something we can do to clear his name.”
    Sarah
patted and rubbed her mother’s back.
    Carolyn
brushed her tears aside with her sleeve and sat up straight. “I can’t fall
apart like this. I’m just over tired. I have to pull myself together.”
    “Let
me make you some breakfast, Mom.” Sarah walked to the stove and cracked an egg
into the frying pan. The egg sizzled as it hit the surface. Carolyn didn’t
realize how hungry she was until her daughter placed a plate of bacon and eggs
under her nose.
    “Half
and half in your coffee, right Mom?” Sarah asked as she slid the cup in front
of her mother.
    “Yes,
I’ll add the sugar.” Carolyn told her as she scooped out a spoonful from the
sugar bowl in the center of the table.
    “What
can we do, Mom?” Sarah asked as she sat down at the table with her own
breakfast. She took a bite of her bacon before continuing, “I guess we’ll just
have to wait for the police to finish their investigation. They’ll turn up something
that proves Dad is innocent. This is one