by Diana Orgain | Apr 11, 2021 | Maternal Instincts Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss Chapter Two? From Motherhood is Murder Chapter Three DIGGING Officer Lee and I situated ourselves in a corner of the bar, each of us in a black lounge chair, a video console game of PacMan between us. I placed my coffee on the video game tabletop and fingered the recycling logo on the Styrofoam cup. “What can I do to help?” “Tell me about your evening. What you were doing on this dinner cruise?” Lee asked. I shrugged. “What everyone else was doing, having dinner.” Lee closed his eyes and shook his head slightly, indicating he didn’t think my comment was funny. He placed his notebook on the tabletop. At the moment the game preview was killing off one of the Pac-Mans and the defeat music accompanied Lee as he said, “How well did you know Mrs. Helene Chambers?” “Not well at all. I met her and Margaret last week. They invited me on this cruise. I was checking out the Roo & You club.” “The mommy club?” I nodded. “What about the spouses?” Lee asked. “What do you mean?” GRAB YOUR COPY OF MOTHERHOOD IS MURDER HERE He looked at me as though I was incredibly naive. “Did you know anyone else at your table? Any of the spouses?” Was he asking if I’d had an affair with any of them? I looked down at my red cocktail dress. Certainly some cleavage was showing, but nothing risqué. Why would he suggest anything like that? I leveled my stare at him. “Only my own spouse.” “Did your husband know anyone?” I shook my head again. Lee’s...
