or Chase had any involvement in his death. Still, the fact remained that there could have been a struggle. And if there had been, all bets were off.
“Last one in’s a rotten egg!” Becky suddenly screamed, launching herself toward the pool.
Julie cannonballed in after her and they immediately began a game of water volleyball with the beach ball they’d brought over.
“Normally, I’d tell them to keep it down,” Chase said after one of them let out a piercing shriek. “But as long as they’re making noise they won’t be listening to us. So where were we?” he added.
“Anne was saying she wished we had more hard facts,” Rachel reminded him.
“Right,” she agreed, warning herself to be careful.
They’d long ago wandered away from the subject of whether the Nicholsons were going to tell the police about that extortion call, but for the past few minutes she’d been easing the conversation back toward it. And she didn’t want to say anything that might make Rachel even more determined to keep it a secret.
“I’d really like to know whether Graham’s wallet was taken,” she continued. “Because if it was still on his body, that would definitely rule out robbery as a motive. And I’d really, really like to know whether there were signs of a struggle.”
“Oh, I’d give the world to know that,” Rachel said. “If I could just be sure it doesn’t matter whether that guy tells the cops his story, if I was certain they wouldn’t believe him…But is there any way we can find out?”
“Well, it’s pretty tough for an outsider to get crime-scene details. I mean, you can hardly phone those detectives and start asking questions about their investigation.
“But you know, Chase,” she added, sounding as thoughtful as she could, “if you called them about the extortionist, then while you were talking to them you might be able to—”
“No,” Rachel said firmly.
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