If anyone but me noticed that he hadn’t ruled out murder, thankfully they didn’t mention it. Soon after making his announcement, the chief received a call that I suspected was about Fallon’s case and hurried away. Having traded my one tidbit of info, I would need to come up with some fresh piece of evidence if I wanted Chief Kincaid to tell me about any new discoveries. I sure wished that I had a spy at the police station. Maybe it was time to make friends with one of the cops. It would have to be one of the female officers since I didn’t think either Noah or Jake would be too happy with me cozying up to one of the men. The mouthwatering aroma of fried chicken snapped me out of my reverie, and after poking my head into the kitchen to say hi to Gran and her friends, I slipped into the chair that Poppy had saved for me next to her. While Kizzy, Lee, Mayor Eggers, Winnie, the Dessert Channel host, and the judges had reserved seating up front, the rest of us were on our own and it was survival of the hungriest.
