A Dash Of Pepper: A Pepper Grinder Cozy Witch Mystery - Book One (Pepper Grinder Cozy Witch Mystery Series 1) by Sam Short

Author:Sam Short [Short, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sam Short Books
Published: 2019-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Pepper sat next to a cushion emblazoned with the face of a pug, and smiled at Darren and Barry as she reached into her bag. Both brothers, holding what Darren had referred to as fat spliffs when he’d entered the room, watched her intently.

On the floor next to her foot was a chipped mug full to the brim with weak coffee, and while most of the smoke the boys exhaled escaped through the open window behind them, the room still had that flowery aroma which reminded Pepper of her teenage years.

Wondering what on earth she might have in her bag that would tempt two young men in their early twenties, Pepper thrust her hand deep into the interior, smiling as the brothers looked on.

“Whoa!” said Darren, sucking on his spliff. “Your arm’s up to the shoulder in there!”

“I’ve got short arms,” said Pepper, her fingers grazing a plastic package. She grabbed a corner, and pulled it closer to the rim of the bag, peering inside to see what it was.

She smiled. Oh yes, she’d packed two of them when she’d gone through her most recent phase of junk food addiction. They’d been floating around her bag’s second dimension for months, but they’d still be edible. “Will you answer my questions if I give you these?” she asked, remembering how she’d always felt peckish after indulging in a little cannabis when she’d been younger.

Darren’s face broke into a wide smile, and he reached for the packet which Pepper offered him. “Family-sized cheesy puffs!” he said. “I’ll answer any questions you’ve got in return for those, lady!”

As Darren ripped the packaging open, and Barry thrust his hand inside, retrieving a fistful of cheesy puffs in his now orange fingers, Pepper looked at the brothers in turn. “Why were you two arguing with Stan?” she asked.

“Because he had our gear,” said Darren, through a mouthful of cheesy puffs.

“Your gear?” asked Pepper. “What you mean, your gear?”

Barry took a puff of his spliff, and waved it in the air, producing little circles of smoke. “This,” he said. “Our gear. The good stuff. We’d already paid him, but he didn’t have it. He said he wouldn’t be able to get it until the next day.”

“You’re telling me that Stan Wilmot was supplying you with cannabis?” asked Pepper.

Darren took a long puff of his joint and blew out a cloud of smoke, his eyes reddening. “Oh yeah, Stan had the good stuff. The really good stuff. The strong stuff.”

“That’s right,” said Barry. “The stuff Stan could get hold of is powerful. And it got better in the last week or two. People were beginning to come from all over for a bit of Stan’s strong stuff.”

“Stan Wilmot was a drug dealer?” said Pepper.

“No,” slurred Darren, blowing out more smoke, and reaching into the bag of crisps. “Just cannabis. Cannabis isn’t a drug — it’s legal in loads of countries. It’s not like heroin, is it?”

“No,” said Pepper. “It’s not like heroin, but it is illegal, whether you like it or not.

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