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something will pop up.”  Charlie went to unlock the door of his van and Diana grabbed his wrist.
    “No, you don’t understand.  It’s not fair.  He’s got that Nikon and just wanders around with the judges.  It’s not fair.  I do good work, Charlie. You should use my shots.”
    Looking down at his wrist, Charlie waited, clearing his throat.  “Diana, um why don’t you call it a day?  Just take a deep breath.  Go down to Mickey’s Tavern and get a bite.  Tell him I sent you and that it’s on the magazine. I’ve got to get up early and I’m using J.W.’s shots.  It’s not a big deal. They say every dog has his day.  It will happen for you.  Go get some rest.  Big day tomorrow.”  Diana yanked her hand away and let him get in his van.  Her lower lip was quivering but she wasn’t going to let him see anything.  Charlie gently backed out of his parking space and drove off into the darkening sky.  Diana let a single tear roll down her cheek as the rage bubbled up inside of her.

Chapter 7
    “Sorry to do this to you, Christy, but I’ve got to ask you and your guests some questions about where they were tonight around the time J.W. appears to have died.” Kathleen Jenkins was called up by a friend. J.W. had taken so many shots of her dogs over the years.  If it wasn’t for their connection in the dog world the two of them would never have even brushed across each other on a street corner. J.W. had friends in high places and they wanted someone on the inside to investigate his death before too much of it hit the papers.  Winnona Peaks really didn’t have a crime rate and after the initial shock, Kathleen knew they all preferred to keep it that way.
    Christy shook her head to clear the fog of her remembering the rest of the day and sat down in the living room next to the others.  Hailey, Diana, Gregory, and Mrs. Deswood were all staring in different places around the spacious lobby, still in their own worlds, collecting their thoughts.
    She was there along with some friends to watch the dog show.  She normally worked in special investigations into cyber fraud for the insurance industry but she had been a police officer at one point before she hung it up.  She was roughly the same age as Christy but the years had worn a bit more on her face.  She cut her bangs straight across her forehead inspiring her coworkers to stick their hands up and say, “Live long and Prosper.”  She hated that so many geeks worked at the cybercrime unit.  She really didn’t know where to begin.  J.W. had taken some photos of her dog as a favor and she was looking forward to picking them up from him the next day at the show.  Addressing the group, she blew out a sigh, took out her pad of paper and began.
    “So far, we don’t we don’t see any reason to think it’s anything more than an accidental death.  There was no sign of a struggle for someone getting in the room.  We really can’t say that there was a murder weapon because there’s not any injuries on the body.  The theory is that he got a bit absentminded and tossed a handful of trail mix into his mouth while he was toweling off from his shower.” Hailey shook her head.
    “Now it was you who discovered the body, Ms. Roberts?” Christy nodded.
    Clearing her throat Christy said, “I made sure to tell him that I changed the recipe from Pad Thai with peanut sauce and he was grateful.”  Christy put a tissue up to her face and through a small sob said, “I rushed down to the market to get something to make Korean barbecue.  I checked all the labels to make sure it would work.”
    “That’s right.” Hailey nodded.  “There’s no way he would have accidently tossed peanuts in his mouth.  Not only did he have a wrist bracelet, he always had an epi pen. Did you find his epi pens in his clothes?”
    “We haven’t quite done a thorough search of the room but we’ll check again.”  Kathleen noted it on her pad and moved on. “So, I’m