A Cake Caper by Constance Barker

Author:Constance Barker [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

After I cleared Clive’s and Marion the Mayor's name instead of finding anything to help Rose, I spent the rest of the evening combing over any possible details that I may have missed. I wasn’t able to find anything and finally after an hour or so I decided to give up and go to sleep, not wanting to make the next day even harder than it needed to be by adding exhaustion to the list. At the very least I’d removed a suspect from the potential pool of killers, and I used that tiny comfort to allow myself to drift off to a restless sleep.

I woke up and although I had slept most of the night through, I didn’t feel very motivated to get on with my day. So I meandered around and had a cup of coffee, but then I scoffed at myself and made my way to the bedroom to get dressed. There was no point in wandering around my place like a mopey muffin, so I decided to make the best of things and do what I could. I figured that the best way to help Rose right now when I didn’t have any clues to bring her was to take her breakfast. The plus side is that it would probably cheer me up too, so really it was win/win. Besides, just because I hadn’t made progress on the case didn’t mean I needed to leave my friend high and dry when she needed me the most.

Once I was dressed I sent Rose a quick text to let her know that I was going to come by and bring breakfast, and then I made my way out to my car and drove to Charles’s Groceries. I wanted to grab some of the essentials for a good meal, and I figured that I’d support Charles as well while I did it. I loved Maggie’s Market, but after hearing Rose complain about the treatment she’d gotten there recently, I thought I needed to go somewhere else. He hadn’t treated Rose any differently since the murder despite everyone else doing the opposite, so I definitely wanted to give him my business.

I meandered through the aisles grabbed the basics to make a delicious breakfast including all the fixings, and brought my stuff up to the counter. Charles was there and he gave me a warm smile, looking over my haul.

“Eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, hash browns...I’d say you’re about to make a great breakfast, yeah? Who’s the lucky soul who gets to benefit from your kindness and culinary expertise?”

I chuckled and smiled back at him with a nod, and then I started to help him bag stuff as he rang it through.

“I’m actually heading over to Rose’s place to make her some breakfast and hopefully cheer her up.”

Charles grinned at me and waved me away from helping him.

“That’s kind of you, she needs it, I reckon. How is she doing anyway? I felt so awful when I heard what happened, especially when I realized that her salon went from hot stop to dead zone.

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