Found With Murder by Jenn Vakey Page A

thankful you gave him such a valiant one.  He mentioned he had been planning on dumping a few hundred pounds of bread crumbs over downtown, so I think the people of Addison Valley will be pleased, as well.”
    “So I take it he knows that you know he isn't crazy like everyone still believes?” she asked.  She had been shocked when she learned Jared Lewis' antics were actually carefully planned and thought through rather than the eccentric episodes of an unstable man.  After his wife was arrested and he was able to pursue the divorce he had been longing for, she had thought that the stunts might stop.  She was wrong.  As far as she knew, there were only a handful of people who were aware that Lewis was, in fact, quite sane.
    “Of course he does,” he said.  He walked with her into the kitchen and away from the crowd.  “I guess he assumed that since I'm your fiancé, you would have told me.  He didn't even try to pretend otherwise.”
    “I almost don't feel as special now,” she said.  He looked at her quizzically so she continued.  “I liked the fact that he confided in me while still allowing everyone else to believe he was nuts.”
    Ben grinned and slowly shook his head.  “Well, don't take it too personally.  I'm sure he felt the situation surrounding our time together warranted a more serious attitude.  Would you really rather he had put on his little charade in the middle of all of this?”
    “No,” she mumbled.  “Did Wilcome make the trip with you, too?”
    “Like he would pass up the chance to take a ride in Jared's private helicopter,” he chuckled.  “He did seem a little nervous when he found out that Jared would be flying us, but he quickly relaxed.”
    “Meaning he put all of the pieces together?”
    Ben leaned against the bar and glanced over to Wilcome.  He was sitting in the living room with Lori, presumably explaining how the night was going to proceed.  “You know him,” he said.  “He just sat there quietly and took in everything happening around him.  It didn't take him long to figure it out.  Of course after that, he seemed to be just as interested in the lack of surprise I had with the discovery.”
    Rilynne walked around the island to stand next to him.  His body was more ridged than normal.  He was still uneasy about the revelation, though there was too much going on around them for her to try to guess why.  Whether to ease his mind for the moment or show him everything was fine, she didn't know which herself, she reached out and slid her arm around his waist.
    “I'm sure it will make for an interesting conversation when this is all said and done,” she said casually.  “At least now that he's seen Lewis himself, he won't think I'm crazy like you did.”
    “You're not crazy,” he said, looking down at her.  The gold flecks in his chocolate eyes sparkled as the light hit them.  “Maybe a little nuts at times, but I wouldn't go so far as to say you're crazy.”
    “Watch it, mister.  Do you really want to be pushing my buttons right now?”
    Ben grinned and shrugged.  “It's one of my favorite things to do.”
    Rilynne shot him a baleful look before gently sliding her hand down his arm and lacing her fingers in with his.  He looked down at her, a look of pure love in his eyes, and let out a soft sigh.
    “You’re perfect,” he said.
    She didn’t know how to respond.  Her heart was racing in her chest as she felt her face start to burn.  Ben’s eyes shifted from hers to her pinkening cheeks and grinned.  He always took pleasure in making her blush.
    Luckily, Wilcome called them over, so she didn’t have to try to come up with a response.
    “I want the number of undercover police cars in the blocks surrounding the park increased,” he said when Rilynne and Ben walked over to join them.  “Have them start two blocks from the drop site and span out.  I want the plates run on every car going in and out.  I don’t want anyone pulled over