A Christmas to Dismember: Cozy Mystery (Country Cottage Mysteries Book 12) by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom

Author:Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, Ltd.
Published: 2020-11-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Main Street in December in and of itself is magical, but add snow to the equation and it’s as if we’ve left reality and landed in a fairytale.

It’s almost one in the afternoon and things have fallen just a touch behind for the official grand opening of my mother and Georgie’s new shop. There were delivery issues, shelves that kept falling apart, and the last-minute software glitch on the ultra-modern register system. But it seems as if it’s finally all systems go as an entire mob has gathered outside to help usher in this victorious moment.

The crowd is thick with mostly women, and mostly women of a certain age, each one rubbing their proverbial hands together looking as if they can’t wait to rush inside and part with their money. Honestly, they’re most likely rubbing their hands together so they won’t fall off. And I’m guessing the reason they want to rush inside has to do with getting out of the elements. But still, the sentiment is nice.

A refreshment table has been set out front with coffee, hot cocoa, cider, donuts, and mounds of peppermint bark—all provided by the Country Cottage Café, of course. The doors to the establishment have been painted bright red, and there are curtains hung over the windows in an effort to build the suspense of what these shiny new patrons might find inside.

Up above the entry a sheet is draped over the wooden sign, leaving the people to wonder what the name of this shop might be as well. It’s not a marketing concept I would have gone with for opening day, but nonetheless they have plenty of prospective customers here ready to storm the castle, so it seems to be working.

“Mom”—I laugh while bouncing Rudolph in my arms—“where did all these people come from?”

She gives me a look. “You know, Georgie. I told her to spread the news, and she shot it across the four corners of Cider Cove like a cannon filled with rainbow glitter. She’s got every senior center, senior club, and any organization that had anything to do with Christmas out here today. Let’s hope they like what they see inside.” And that they brought lots of cold, hard cash to throw at the register.

Georgie and Juni step our way, right along with Mackenzie Woods. Georgie has Fish tucked on the inside of her coat, and I can see one of her wonky quilt dresses peeking from underneath.

Juni, too, is wearing a wonky quilt dress along with a wonky jacket thrown over that. It looks as if she’s doubling down her wonky sense of fashion in a show of solidarity for her mother.

Mayor Mackenzie Woods, however, is clad in somber black from head to toe, and has chosen to accessorize the cheery look with a sourpuss on her face. I still find it hard to believe she and Hux are determined to get hitched to one another.

Mackenzie nods to my mother. “I’ll say a few words first. And Hux has

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