Pampered to Death: A Deadly Calm Day Spa Mystery Read Online Free

quite a stress reliever.”
    “I can imagine.” Andrea turned toward the woman beside him. “I’m sorry to have disturbed you.”
    Walking away, she was certain she knew the woman’s face. She turned around before making it back to her own table. “Aren’t you-”
    The woman stopped her mid-sentence. She brought her finger to her lips. “Shh, we don’t need everyone to know I’m here.”
    “Right. Good day,” she said and went back to her table. “The woman he’s with. Do you know who that is?”
    “She looks like…” Jocelyn started.
    “Exactly. It’s her. I was about to ask, and she stopped me. I didn’t think she’d be at a place like this. I find it very interesting. How do the Chadwick’s know her? And what is Mr. Chadwick doing with Lonnie’s ex-wife? I almost didn’t recognize her. I haven’t seen her for a while, and she was a blonde last time I saw her, curly hair. This slick, straight, jet black with bangs thing threw me off.”
    “I think when she became famous on her own right, she felt like she didn’t need him anymore. I mean, the woman can sing, but poor Lonnie’s broken heart.” Jocelyn thought back on the entire situation.
    Andrea added to the conversation. “Well, he bounced back, so there’s that. And he’s still with Cathy, so happily ever after, right?”
    “I guess so. Why are the two of them together? It looks suspicious if you ask me.” Jocelyn tossed and turned the idea around. “Do you think those two…and his wife was in the way? Look at the way he touches her hand when she speaks.”
    “Oh, you think they’re lovers? They do seem awfully chummy, and he’s happy as a lark over there. There’s no proof. I should have scoped out her earrings. Do you think they’re clip-ons? Do you think he did it, or she did? She could have an old copy of the spa key.”
    “I think we’re onto something. Let’s write this all down after lunch. The waiter’s on his way,” Jocelyn nodded toward the kitchen door. Not moments later, he delivered their meal. Fancy-pants gourmet burgers were delivered, which cost more than they should have, but were good none the less. The girls tried not to stare, but couldn’t help glancing over at the couple time to time.
    Andrea nudged Jocelyn after finishing her meal. “Go ask Brad for Cassie’s address. Tell him that we’re working on having a class reunion. If I go back, I’m afraid he’ll call it harassment. I know she’s on some commune or something, but I’ve got no clue where it is.”
    Jocelyn groaned. “You’re so much better with stuff like that.”
    “Please? I don’t want to come off as weird. We might need to come back to the country club, and we don’t want to get banned for annoying the guests. I already went over once,” Andrea pleaded.
    “Fine,” Jocelyn finally agreed. She pasted on a big, fake smile and walked over to Mr. Chadwick’s table. “Hi there, I don’t mean to be a bother, but aren’t you Cassandra’s father? We went to school with her, and the thing is, we’re putting together a reunion. We were hoping to send her an invite.”
    Brad looked her up and down, trying to read the intruder. “She’s on a commune upstate. I’ve not a clue what the address is. I haven’t spoken to her in ages. Not that we didn’t do everything for her, but apparently she has her own way of doing things.”
    “Oh, do you know anybody that might have her address or even her phone number?” Jocelyn feigned disappointment.
    “Her mother probably had it somewhere, but, well, that’s pointless now, isn’t it? The commune is somewhere up near Kodiak Falls. You can try looking up that way.” He turned his attention back to his company, making it clear their conversation was over.
    “Right, thank you,” Jocelyn said, taking the hint.
    Before getting the check, Andrea quizzed her waiter, asking if anybody was talking about the incident and if he’d heard anything that might be have sounded suspicious. He had no