The Stone of Sadness (An Olivia Miller Mystery Book 3) by J A Whiting Read Free Book Online Page A

car was parked alongside a road about three miles from the crime scene. Mary and her daughter stopped at a hardware store to pick up some things on the day of the murders. The store wasn’t far from where Kenny’s car was parked. Kenny said the car broke down and he left it there. He said the police tried to get him to say that Mary picked him up to give him a lift.”
    “Did anyone see Kenny with Mary that day?”
    “Not that I know of. But the police didn’t give out information like that to the public.”
    “Why suspect Kenny just because his car was on the road?”
    “Kenny had an argument with Mary’s husband a month prior to the murders. Kenny was accused of taking a couple of expensive tools from the garage of Mary and Tom’s house. There was no way to prove who owned the things. There was animosity between the guys. Kenny told me he bought those tools himself, but who knows? Maybe he did steal them.”
    “Where did Kenny say he was at the time of the murders? Did he have an alibi?”
    “He went into Boston the day of the killings. He was planning to talk to an Army recruiter, but he told me he changed his mind when he got to the door of the recruiting office. He said he went over to Fenway Park and just hung around outside. He couldn’t afford a ticket to the game.”
    “Did you see Kenny that day? The day Mary and her daughter were killed?”
    “Yeah. He always called or dropped by every day, unless we were having a fight, which we ended up having that night. He came by…I don’t know, could have been like 10pm or so. He asked if I wanted to go for a ride on his motorcycle. You can imagine how my parents loved that. I didn’t want to go because I was feeling sick. I had gone to New York City for the day. I took the bus there so I had to get up really early. Kenny and I had bus tickets to go together but he backed out two days before. He said he didn’t want to waste the day hanging around in some overpopulated city. He said he wanted to go talk to the Army recruiter, and that maybe he should join the military. I was furious at him for changing the plans especially since I already had the bus tickets. I decided to go myself…wanted a day alone…walk around, do some shopping. I was exhausted when I got home. I had a terrible headache. Kenny got so annoyed with me because I wouldn’t go out with him that night…he thought I was making it all up that I didn’t feel well because he hadn’t gone to New York with me. We had a fight about it of course. He seemed more annoyed with me than usual which pissed me off.”
    She sighed and passed her hand over her forehead. “I think back on it sometimes. I thought a lot about it at the time, after the police brought him in for questioning. If he had gone with me to New York, I would have been able to vouch for his whereabouts.” She looked out of the coffee shop window for a minute, and then turned back to Olivia. “So anyway, he left right away when I told him I didn’t want to go out that night. Which, of course, annoyed me because I was sick and I wanted him to stay with me but, no, he just took off when I refused to go ride around with him. That’s what our relationship was like…a series of petty annoyances and arguments.” She shook her head. “After being with Kenny, all I wanted was a nice, quiet, even-keeled life. No drama.”
    “I bet. Did Kenny seem different that night, different than usual?”
    “I don’t really remember. I can’t say anything was different from normal.”
    “So the police brought him in for questioning?”
    “They did. That was frightening to me, to think maybe I was dating a murderer. Kenny was a wreck. My parents freaked out. They told me to stop seeing him or they would stop supporting me. I had just finished my freshman year in college. I commuted in to Boston for my classes. My parents wouldn’t allow me to live on campus.” She rolled her eyes. “I couldn’t afford to continue college without their