“So, what, you’re thinking someone did this to him deliberately?”
“No, it all seems like a terrible accident.”
“This isn’t the first I’ve heard about a cocaine issue here in Eden.”
“I know. This guy Max, who is one of Montrose’s employees, was arrested a couple weeks ago. But they have good lawyers. Don’t know that the charge stuck. Brett was pretty pissed.”
Speaking of Brett, Chad stole another gander at the village’s chief of police. He was now in the company of a woman, a pretty blonde, razor thin and with shorts and V-neck shirt. She was showing lots of cleavage and had a hand inside the back pocket of Brett’s jeans. Had their bodies been any closer, they might have been kissing. The woman was all smiles, laughing at nearly everything he had to say. To Chad, it seemed like a case o
