Treacherous Secrets novel Chapter 32

"It's going to be interesting to see what all Kenton had been into." Janice watched Damon out of the corner of her eye. He was texting someone. "We need to tail him after the funeral but I don't think we should do it directly. You think we can get an undercover to watch him for a few days?"

Harold took out his phone. "I'll text the Chief and see if he can hook us up with someone."

Emily set her purse down on the counter. She went to the table in the breakfast nook and flopped down in a chair. "God, I'm so glad that is over with," she said.

"Me too," Sonja agreed.

Ashley, Kim and Mario joined Emily at the table. Fernando took a seat at the bar in the kitchen. Sonja took out the pitcher of margaritas she had made before they left to go to the funeral home.

Fernando hopped up and helped her get glasses down for everyone. He handed out drinks as Sonja poured them.

"Oh my God, this is just what I need," Emily said, taking a deep drink of the cool beverage."Now what?" Kim asked.

Emily shook her head. "I'm not sure. I checked the bank accounts and there's enough money to make the bills for several months. We both had life insurance policies, so I guess I'll talk to our agent about getting that filed." She took another drink of her margarita. "I guess I need to go over the security of the property too. It's a little unnerving that someone walked into my backyard and killed my husband."

"Yeah, but that was not a random act, nor was it a regular murder," Ashley said. "Kenton had pissed someone off enough for them to come here and kill him."

"Yeah, but why just hit him in the head?" Emily said. "If you were going to kill him, wouldn't you shoot him, stab him, or hit him in the head with something hard enough to kill him to start with?"

"That's what I'm saying," Kim agreed. "If I were going to kill someone, I would want to make sure they were going to die right away, especially a good sized man like Kenton. I definitely wouldn't want to just hit him hard enough to piss him off and wait for his reaction."

"Lazy?" Sonja said, "You worked around this place all the time.You were constantly redesigning the gardens and planning meals around his parties. You are not lazy."

"I mean it just became so easy living here and playing in the gardens, that I wasn't interested in doing anything else. I was lonely sometimes, but I hadn't met anyone that interested me," she looked at Mario and grinned. "And I didn't have to worry about money, so instead of thinking about having a career or something of my own, I just made myself available for Kenton whenever he was around and lived the easy life of the housewife with a housekeeper and a gardener. It's a wonder I'm not hooked on daytime talk shows."

Kim nodded. "I could see that. Even though you weren't in love with him, he hadn't done anything to make you hate him. You didn't have to work if you didn't want to, so why rock the boat?"

"Exactly," Emily said. "I hadn't really liked my job as an administrative assistant, but that was what I went to school for. It was what I thought I wanted to do. But, after I got married, I thought, why go out and get a job when my husband preferred me at home. We didn't need my income, and, like you said, he hadn't done anything to make me hate him until these past few months. When he started getting weird and kinky with the sex, that's when I really started questioning what was going on with him and what was going on with us. It hadn't been bad enough to think about leaving until the last time. And that time, he was like a completely different person, like a demon." She shivered at the thought.

"What about Damon?" Ashley asked. "I've worked with him for months now, and I would never have guessed he was having an affair with Kenton. Sure they did lots of stuff together, but they never struck me as lovers."