"I waited at the gallery, but John never showed up. When I left with Mooney it was well past the appointed time he said he would be there," Piper complained to Joel as they walked towards the promenade.
Piper was thankful she had somebody to talk to about her morning. She"d been full of grand plans to try and find the murderer on her own, but she had to be honest: she didn"t really know where to start. It was just dumb luck—and she realized it—that she and John had met up that morning.
"I tried to call, but I got no answer. And by now I"m sure John’s on his way to wherever he was going out of town. That is, if nothing happened to him."
Joel stopped in his tracks, causing Piper to slow down as well. She looked at him, wondering what was going on, but he just winked as he pulled out his p
