Forgive and Forget: (A Geeks and Things Cozy Mystery Novella #2) (Geeks and Things Cozy Mysteries) by Sarah Biglow Read Free Book Online

plastic. His cheeks reddened again and he walked, stiff-legged, down to the squad car to secure the bag. Mr. Beech reappeared and waved a slip of paper in Kalina’s face.
    “Here it is.”
    She plucked it from his outstretched fingers. “Thanks. You’ve been a huge help.”
    “You tell Nadine I’m thinking of her.”
    “I will.” Kalina retrieved the overnight bag and walked down the driveway to join Jimmy. She handed him the paper with the license plate number and they both climbed in.
    “Boy did we get lucky you happened to strike up a conversation with him,” Jimmy said and nestled the teacup into one of the cup holders. He punched the license plate number into the minicomputer synced to the DMV database and let out a long whistle as the computer went ‘ping’ with a result.
    “What is it?” Kalina tried to read the result but Jimmy blocked the screen.
    He hit speed dial on his cell phone. Whoever he was calling picked up after the first ring. “Detective Harper, it’s Jimmy. I think you might want to bring Adam Shepard back in for some questioning.”

 
    CHAPTER NINE
     
    Kalina stared open-mouthed as Jimmy repeated the information. She had no problem letting Chris think it was all Jimmy’s doing. After all, she’d said she would keep out of the investigation, not do their job for them.
    “I understand. I’ll see you back at the station, Sir.” Jimmy ended the call and looked at Kalina. “Nadine’s lawyer boyfriend came back that night. Wonder why she didn’t say anything before?”
    Kalina shrugged. “Maybe she didn’t know. If she really was drugged then she wouldn’t remember him coming in or out.”
    Jimmy ran a hand over his hair. “Detective Harper wants me back at the station. Can I drop you somewhere?”
    “The shop would be fine.” She really wanted him to take her to the motel but that would have looked suspicious. If Chris didn’t want Jimmy to pick up Adam from the motel for questioning, then Chris was likely getting the lawyer to the station under false pretenses. She might have some time to get to the motel first.
    Five minutes later, Jimmy pulled up to the shop. AJ stood outside, arms crossed over his chest. He did not look happy. Kalina climbed out of the passenger side with the overnight bag in hand and waited for the squad car to pull away.
    “Do you have any idea what time it is?” her nephew asked with mock annoyance.
    “Yeah, yeah. Come on. You wanted to know what’s been going on; well, it’s time I filled you in. I’m going to need your help anyway.”
    They headed inside and AJ flipped the front sign to ‘Closed’. He pointed to the bag but Kalina tossed it aside.
    “An old friend of mine’s father died two days ago. It looks like it was murder and Nadine is the prime suspect. There was some bad blood between her and her father but I’m not sure about the whole story. We just found out someone else was there the night her father died. Chris is investigating.”
    “What do you need from me?”
    “I need you to look up how to test if a person was pushed or fell from a high altitude.”
    “You mean the ‘Push Jump Fall’ test.”
    Kalina furrowed her brow. “Where’d you learn that?”
    AJ grinned. “Heroes.”
    Kalina let out a soft laugh. “Of course. Now, I need you to look up how to test it and see if you can find a dummy we can use.”
    “I know just where to look.”
    “You can’t tell anyone what you need it for. Chris can’t find out we’re doing this.”
    AJ nodded. “So while I’m doing this, what are you doing?”
    ‘I’m going to the motel and, hopefully, I can get Nadine to fill in some of the blanks about her past. It might be the only way we can figure out what really happened to her father.”
    “You can count on me, Aunt K.”
    She pulled her nephew into a brief, one-armed hug. “I knew I could. Now, call me when you’ve got everything. And remember—”
    “I know. Don’t tell anyone what we’re doing.”
    Kalina