#Chapter 58: Another Murder Plot

"I just don't understand," Charis Robinson says to her son over family dinner. "I know they said it was a heart attack, but I also heard that a private investigator has been at the mansion, asking questions." "Who told you that?" Charles asks, his fork freezing mid air. "I haven't heard anything about a private investigator. And I'd think I'd be the first to know." Charis shrugs. "I have friends in high places, too, you know. "It just seems odd," she continues casually, cutting into her baked potato but keeping an eye on her son across the table. "First all this business with Nicole, then her mysterious death, now this investigator…why would he be investigating a heart attack, I ask you?" "There is no private investigator," Charles snaps, dropping his fork and pushing his chair back from the table. "My god, Mother, you can't believe every little bit of gossip you overhear. Now, please excuse me. I have to make some calls." He storms out of the dining room, slamming the d