Chapter 18
Lunch didn’t happen, because the minute they walked into the boarding house, Miss Gina came bustling out of the parlor, pointing toward her office.
When they got there, and had set Ryan’s purchases on the floor next to the door, she told them, looking specifically at Ryan, “I got a strange call. Someone who claimed to be detective was asking about any new lodgers I might have rented to in the last week.”
“Detective as in the police?” Shaun asked.
“He sort of hedged when I asked him, without saying yes or no, which made me suspicious from the get-go. Anyway, I told him the last room I rented was three weeks ago. Then he wanted to know if I’d turned anyone away because I didn’t have a room available. I laughed, and said it happens at least twice a week, and joked about how may
