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“Not me, my clients,” she said “I would have used this oil for recipes to be delivered”

His mouth flattened in consternation “That doesn’t sound like so the killer would do He’d want you dead You and Evie Evie isn’t here and he can’t find her While he o after your clients”

Well, Hazel could think of only one other person who had a motive to see Hazel’s clients die Carolyn

The next day Kerry reported the jar of olive oil had been tested The liquid had been poisoned Kerry also let them know she’d picked up Patsy and now had her in custody Callum took Hazel to the police station She entered the observation rooate the nervous woman

“This will go much easier for you if you cooperate,” Kerry said “Now, I

’ll ask you again Why did you put poison in the olive oil that was delivered to Callum Colton and Hazel Hart’s room at the Dales Inn?”

“I didn’t put poison in it,” Patsy said, wringing her hands

“Then you must knoho did, because you were the one who purchased the oil and helped deliver it”

“I don’t”

Kerry sighed “I know you do I have enough to arrest you right now We have a fingerprint on the jar My guess is, it’s yours Do you really want to take that chance?”

“It’s not mine,” Patsy said “I just made the delivery”

“How can you be so sure?”

Patsy continued to wring her hands and now added chewing her lower lip to her edgy movements

“Whose fingerprint could it be?”