Treacherous Secrets novel Chapter 36

Janice laughed. "Yes, he is. I guess the only thing we can really ask now is if you might know anyone who would have wanted to kill Kenny?"

"Honestly, no. He was not the nicest man I've ever met, but he wasn't mean or violent that I could tell. He would come to the shows with Damon, they would dance, make out and then leave," Terrell furrowed his brow thoughtfully. "Now, there was one time that Kenny showed up when Damon was there with Junior. They talked, but they didn't have a big fight or anything. We queens backstage thought for sure there would be some drama when we saw Kenny come in. But they just talked like normal, and then all three of them left together."

"Can you tell us what Junior looks like?"

Terrell shrugged. "Medium height and build, light brown hair, always dressed in black t-shirts and jeans. Other than that, I didn't see him up close enough to tell you much. He was always clean shaven."

"Do you know if they were using drugs, meth, crack, coke?"

"Who knows, probably club drugs, Ecstasy and coke most likely. The last time I saw them was about a month ago. Now that I think about it that was the night they were all in at the club together. They didn't look strung out or anything, although Damon looked thinner, but not bad."

Janice sighed. "Thanks Terrell, you've been a big help."

Harold nudged Janice and said, "Give him a card."

She almost laughed out loud when she realized that Harold didn't want to give Terrell his card. She got out her card and wrote her cell number on the back. "Please call us if you can think of anything else."

"I sure will." He gave Janice his hand and she squeezed it. He smiled sweetly at Harold and offered him a real handshake instead of giving him the limp back of the hand that he'd offered before. "Later, Dude." He said in a deep voice and then let out a shrill laugh and flounced toward the back of the store.

"Not one word," Harold said as they left the store.

Janice laughed, "Of course not."

"Well," Janice said when they got back into the SUV. "Since we know there were only slight variations in the rings, we'll have to go back and look at the indentations more closely to make sure this ring is an exact match."

"Yeah," Harold said with a sigh. "But, I still like Damon Butler for Kenton's murder. We know now that he bought either this ring or one just like it for Kenton. If this was the one that Damon got for Kenton, Kenton obviously wasn't wearing it when he died. So what happened? Did he give it back to Damon when he found out about Junior?"

"I'm not sure. I'm going to get with Kim later and have her go over what she heard in the bar again. She said something about Junior telling Carol about Kenton and Damon having an affair. And he also told Damon about Kenton and Carol having an affair. Even if Damon did kill Kenton, I'm thinking this guy, Junior, is a troublemaker who may have caused this murder."

"We need to follow Damon for a little while. Hopefully, he and Junior are still seeing each other."

"They might," Ashley said. "You haven't formally brought Damon in for charges and Junior probably doesn't know that you know about him. They might feel safe enough to come in here together."

Janice looked around the bar. She wasn't so sure. "The Kentucky Derby is this weekend. Damon went up to Louisville last weekend to run in the marathon. Do you think he will go up there for the race?

"I would say yes," Ashley said. "He and Kenton were both really into betting on the horses. They went to races together all the time or bet online. Last year they spent the whole two weeks of the Derby Festival up there."

"Do you know where they stayed?" Janice asked, suddenly excited that they might have a lead to follow.

"No, but I'm sure they have receipts for it. They most likely filed it on their taxes as a business expense."

"What? They went up there to party and wrote it off their taxes?"

"Sure," Kim said. "All they had to do was talk to a few people about investing, hand out some business cards, and say that they had done business on the trip."