“What? No!” I hold up my hands.
“They don’t belong to Taylor Grace?” She waves them in my face.
“I don’t know. I haven’t seen her unmentionables.”
“Cute. He’s cute, isn’t he, Willow?” Josie beams. “So, Dr. Merriweather is—er, was—cheating on his wife.”
“Motive,” Willow and I say at the same time.
“Show him the papers.” Josie pokes her friend.
“I’m not—fine.” Willow rolls her eyes and thrusts a stack of papers at me.
I whistle. “He was trying to take her for everything.”
“Can he do that?”
“He’s gonna try. Or was going to, anyway. I don’t suppose either of you have a law degree, do you?” I ask.
“I have college loan debt and no usable skills. Sorry.” Josie shrugs.
I pull out a little pocket scanner and fold it open.
“Um, what is that? I need that in my life.” Willow inspects it.
“One of my college roommate’s inventions. I coded the software for it.” I preen.
“Well, aren’t you clever? Isn’t he smart, Willow? Man like that is a good provider.” Josie waggles her eyebrows.
I run the documents through the scanner. My phone beeps when they’ve been uploaded.
“Man,” Willow says as she scans through the documents before putting them back into the desk drawer. “Lenore really got lucky Jonah died when he did. She’s set up for life.”
“She had to have done it, right?”
“We’ll see if we can get any clues out of her at the funeral.”
The morningof the funeral is even colder and darker than yesterday.
I look longingly at the puffer jacket Nana has hung on the door.
She pokes her head into the room.
“Nana, I’m changing!”
“I used to wipe your bum! And it’s still as cute as a button. All that working out—has it paid off yet?” She practically skips around the room.
“Why are you so… happy?”
“It’s a great day!”
“Because of the funeral?” I frown.
“Silly goose.” She pinches my cheek. “We have Airbnb-ers! They’re in town to see the snowy mountains and take in the Christmas market.”
“Oh, great. Do you need help getting the carriage house ready?”
“No, bubby. I have a nice couple staying there. This is a big group coming in. So I hope you have a girlfriend because you need to go stay with her for a few days.”
