in the bright light of day, but she apologized profusely before she left.”
“Did she mention receiving any more gifts after the nighty?”
“No, she didn’t, and I know she would have told me if she had. We were always so close and told each other everything,” Danette said, as tears streamed down her cheeks. “I don’t know what I’m going to do without her.”
“Danette,” Eve said. “I do know how difficult this is for you. But we’re going to figure this out and find whoever hurt Sara. She was a good friend to me when I needed one the most, and I’m going to do everything possible to help her rest.”
“Thank you, Eve,” Danette said as she reached her hand out. “That means a lot.”
“We appreciate your time, Ms. Landers,” Chad said, as he wrapped up the interview. “Will you be available if we need to check back with you at some point?”
“Absolutely,” Danette said fiercely. “Anything I can do to help, Detective, I will do.”
“Thank you, Ms. Landers.”
Danette got up and walked them to the door.
“I’m so relieved that the police are taking Sara’s death seriously,” she said. “Thank you so much for looking into this.”
Chad seemed to be momentarily at a loss for words so Eve filled in.
“We want to do this, Danette. Sara was an amazing person and we’re just as outraged over this as you are. Don’t worry. We’ll find this murderer.”
As they walked back to Chad’s sedan, neither of them spoke, but once they were inside the vehicle, they looked at each other and started talking at once.
“So we’re looking for a stalker type person?” Eve asked.
“I’m not so sure it’s a stalker although there’s certainly stalking involved,” Chad replied.
“Yeah, this feels a little more personal to me,” Eve concurred. “It’s like the stalking was a way to terrorize her before the main event, which was killing her. That is so sick!”
“Now let’s put together what we know from Danette with your visions and your dreams. Sara was a target from the beginning but we don’t know why. And from what your dreams tell you, this asshole has already zeroed in on the next victim.”
“Yes, and apparently we don’t have much time to figure things out before the next murder happens. Did your team come up with anything like Danette was talking about? The nighty or any of the other gifts?”
“I’ll have to check in Evidence to see what they found,” Chad said. “Even if they did find things like that, they probably wouldn’t have taken it as anything out of place. But now that we have Danette’s information, we know what to look for.”
“Exactly!” Eve agreed. “Who’s next on the list to talk to?”
“Let me see,” Chad said, as he pulled out his phone and checked something. “Oh, yeah, here we go. A Ms. Stephanie Anderson, a co-worker and friend of Sara’s.”
“Her name sounds familiar,” Eve said. “Let’s go see what she has to say.”
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About the Book
The Case Of The Secret Admirer
By Sandra Ross
Published by Publications Circulations LLC
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