A Witch, Dark Roast (Enchanted Enclave Mystery Book 3) by Samantha Silver

Author:Samantha Silver [Silver, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The little scrap of paper was the only evidence we found, but given as the police would have taken away anything obvious, I supposed I should have been thankful we even had that much. The three of us went to the hardware store where sure enough Don, the owner, was manning the counter by the front door.

I still felt a little bit bad for the time when I had accidentally caused an avalanche of boxes to fall on Don, but to be fair, I had been trying to find a murderer.

“Hello, ladies,” he said with a friendly smile when we walked in. “Is there anything I can help you find today?”

“One of your customers, actually,” Leanne replied. “Has anyone been in recently looking to buy plumbing equipment or maybe a mix of plumbing and flooring?”

An amused smile flittered on Don’s lips. “Isn’t there such thing as hardware store owner-customer confidentiality?”

“I’m pretty sure there isn’t,” Leanne replied cheerily.

“Well, in that case, I don’t mind telling you that doesn’t ring a bell. Joseph Gallagher was in here about three months back when a pipe burst in his kitchen, but the last few weeks all I’ve had is people buying barbeques, paint, camping gear, and other summer stuff. Haven’t sold any flooring since the spring, since I have to order it in special.”

Well, that was disappointing. We had already discussed that we didn’t want to show Don the slip of paper. Kaillie had actually put it back when we were done in case the police decided to do a second sweep for more evidence. We were looking for a killer, but we also weren’t going to hide evidence from the police. Of course, we also weren’t going to go around advertising the fact that we’d found something they’d missed, either.

“You three aren’t looking into who killed Barry, are you?” Don asked, and I immediately put the most innocent expression I could on my face.

“Who, us? No, of course not. What gives you that idea?” I asked.

“Well, the three of you are gaining a bit of a reputation in town, you know,” Don said with a gentle chuckle. “Although I laugh, it’s quite the sad situation.”

“You would have known Barry well, right?” Leanne asked.

“Oh yes,” Don replied. “He started developing property here about twenty years ago, right around when I took over this place from my father. That said, he would almost always get his stuff from the mainland where it was cheaper and have it brought over by truck, which annoyed me a little bit. If you’re going to make money off the property here, at least make a bit of an effort to support the local economy while you’re doing it. Home Hardware in Seattle didn’t need his business, but I certainly wouldn’t have minded. Gave him a good deal the few times he did come in for stuff, but it certainly didn’t get me any loyalty. That said, he wasn’t a bad guy. He was just a guy trying to make as much money as he could.

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