But He Was Already Dead When I Got There
“Then she left her office and walked down the hall to Nicole Lattimer’s office. She went in, shut the door behind her, and told Nicole that Uncle Vincent had been murdered.
The two women stared at each other a long time, both of them trying hard to look surprised and shocked. Finally Nicole remembered to ask questions. “How? When? Who? Why?”
“In the library,” Dorrie said, answering the unasked Where? “Lionel just called and told me. Someone broke in last night and hit him over the head and kille...d him. They don’t know who.”
“A burglar?”
“Sounds like it. Lionel didn’t give me many details—he just said the police would be here soon to talk to us. But there’s something else. Evidently Lionel and Gretchen have made up their differences, because she told the police that Uncle Vincent simply delayed giving us an answer on the extension of the loan. She said he hadn’t decided yet!”
A smile started slowly and then spread all over Nicole’s face. “Does that mean what I think it means?”MoreLess
The two women stared at each other a long time, both of them trying hard to look surprised and shocked. Finally Nicole remembered to ask questions. “How? When? Who? Why?”
“In the library,” Dorrie said, answering the unasked Where? “Lionel just called and told me. Someone broke in last night and hit him over the head and kille...d him. They don’t know who.”
“A burglar?”
“Sounds like it. Lionel didn’t give me many details—he just said the police would be here soon to talk to us. But there’s something else. Evidently Lionel and Gretchen have made up their differences, because she told the police that Uncle Vincent simply delayed giving us an answer on the extension of the loan. She said he hadn’t decided yet!”
A smile started slowly and then spread all over Nicole’s face. “Does that mean what I think it means?”MoreLess
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