A Thin Crust of Murder (Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria Series Book 14) by Patti Benning

Author:Patti Benning [Benning, Patti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2017-08-22T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

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Her conversation with Russell still in her mind, Ellie returned home, stopping on the way for a pizza. At home, she was greeted at the door by Bunny, who was beside herself with excitement. She wasn’t sure which thrilled the dog more: her presence or the fact that she was carrying a box of food.

“Don’t dance around on that leg too much,” she warned. Bunny had been on crate rest for the first couple of weeks after her surgery, and now that she was able to move around the house more freely, it was impossible to keep her down. As far as the little dog was concerned, she was ready to resume her normal life, but the vet was insistent that she had a couple of more weeks of taking it easy in front of her. Ellie wished that she could explain to the little dog the reason for her activity restriction. Bunny just didn’t understand why they couldn’t do all the things that they normally did, and she felt terrible leaving the dog behind whenever she went out.

“Is that you, dear?” her grandmother called out. A moment later, the elderly woman appeared in the doorway to the living room. “Bunny and I were just talking about you.”

“Oh, really?” Ellie said, taking off her shoes as she balanced the pizza box in one hand. “Did she have anything interesting to say?”

“No, but she’s a good listener. We both think you’re working too hard. Even when you’re home, you’re busy doing things for the pizzeria down in Florida. We both think that you deserve some time off. How about you see when that sheriff of yours is free and you let me take the two of you out to the White Pine Kitchen sometime? It will be my treat, as an engagement gift for the two of you.”

“That sounds wonderful, Nonna,” Ellie said. “Thank you. I’ll have to see what Russell’s schedule is like.”

With Bunny and her grandmother both trailing after her, Ellie walked through the house to the kitchen, where she set the pizza box down the counter and began to set the table. She wanted to eat quickly so that she would have time to make a few calls to finalize some things for the other pizzeria before she had to go in to work. Her grandmother was right, she had been unusually busy lately. Normally, when she left Papa Pacelli’s, that was it. It wasn’t the sort of job where she normally brought much work home with her. Now, however, she spent hours each day figuring things out for the second pizzeria. Sometimes she wondered what she had been thinking when she had agreed to open a restaurant 1,800 miles away.

She had just sat down and opened her laptop when her cellphone rang. She didn’t recognize the number, but it was local, so she answered it.

“Ellie?” someone asked. She thought she recognized the voice, but couldn’t place it.

“This is she,” she said. “Who am I speaking to?”

“This is Joanna Winfield,” she said.

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