Chapter Six
SASHA
“Hi, Jenny.”
The woman looked up, scowling, and Sasha found her eyes drawn to the thick fuzz that was growing on her chin.
“What are you having?” she barked.
“Two eggs, easy over, and a coffee, would you?”
“I saw your face in the free paper today, Detective.”
“Yeah, I saw that, too,” Sasha said. “I’m surprised it got out so fast.”
“So, how are you liking the promotion?”
“To be honest with you, I’m not. I got a case today…” she started, before her voice faded. She shouldn’t talk about it. It went contrary to her small town tendencies.
But the news hadn’t spread yet, and she’d help it to stay that way as long as possible, though she was certain it would be in tomorrow morning’s edition of the Salty Sentinel, the free paper Sands ran.
“Already, huh? They keeping y
