Puzzle Piece Pawn
The brain tumor information was both intriguing and possibly important, but neither Drew nor Pam could figure out where the information fit into Winchester Harmon’s murder, if it fit at all. Pam wasn’t sure that it did, but Drew thought it must. To Pam, it looked like it was a puzzle piece from a completely different puzzle, but it had the same color scheme of the puzzle they were working.
And then came the Sunday paper.
Since Winchester Harmon turned up dead on Pam and Drew’s front step, the police had been very mum about the investigation other than saying it was on going, they were doing everything in their power to solve the case quickly, and, of course, offering the reward for any information leading to an arrest. But when Pam retrieved the Sunday paper from her corpse-free stoop (she didn’t want to admit that she kept expecting a fresh body to be delivered with the paper every time she opened her front door in the morning, but she did), she settled back in bed next to her lightly snoring husband, opened it up, and found a whole bunch of investigation information splashed all over the front page.
Anonymous sources, the only kind you would expect in an information leak like this, were quoted as saying that though police didn’t think robbery was a motive since Harmon was found with all of his cash, although his very expensive watch was missing. The motive was still unknown, though the police had questioned the family and the mistresses. The Frenchman wasn’t mentioned specifically, but there was something about Harmon owing money to a “golf buddy”, though it was said that the family were aware of this debt and didn’t consider it noteworthy, but police were looking for the unidentified buddy anyway.
And then there was the will.
Winchester Harmon’s will seemed to be a source of contention with his family after a reading with the lawyer. According to the anonymous source, everything apparently went as expected until the end when the lawyer said that there was still a portion of the will remaining but that couldn’t be read. The family reportedly became indignant about this little secret and boy, was it secret. None of them had expected it.
Be careful of that money, Pam thought as she sipped her coffee. No shit, Revolution Dude.
Pretty salacious for the front page, but Murderville did love a good, rich mystery surrounding a death and Winchester Harmon’s certainly played into that.
Pam was on her second read of the article (she didn’t want to miss any potential information) when Drew woke up. He rolled over and snuggled into her side. Pam stroked his hair absently.
“Morning,” she said, her eyes glued to the article. She was almost finished. “You want some coffee?”
“Do you come with it?”
“Always.”
“Yes, please.”
“Okay,” Pam said. She finished the last lines of the article and then sat the paper on her husband’s hip. “Read that while I get you a cup.”
Pam returned to the bedroom with Drew’s cup of coffee to find him sitting up in bed, hunched over the paper, reading intently. She put the cup on her nightstand next to her own and then climbed gingerly into bed, not wanting to disturb Drew. Pam sipped her cup of coffee and waited for her husband to finish the article.
“What do you suppose was in the will?” Drew asked, looking up at her.
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