Accident in Argentina: The Fourth Jet Wilson Cozy Mystery (Jet Wilson Cozy Mysteries Book 4) by Lyssa Stanson

Author:Lyssa Stanson [Stanson, Lyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve – Monday afternoon

The following morning, I was up bright and early. Well, in time for the start of the breakfast session at 11am. Unusually, it was Grandma who was struggling to wake up. She told me that she had slept badly and so would skip breakfast. Obviously, I wasn’t going to stay and keep her company – not when there was food involved. Plus, being so early, I thought I might get a few minutes alone with Matt. He was always an early riser.

The breakfast room was busy when I arrived, but sadly there was no sign of Matt. Jack was sitting at a table with Cassie and Rachel, so I made my way over.

“No Matt this morning?” I tried to keep my voice casual as I took the seat opposite Rachel.

“He’s out on an errand,” said Jack, pouring some coffee for me.

“It’s a secret,” said Rachel with a smile. “Jack knows, but he’s being all mysterious.”

“He won’t even tell me!” said Cassie, although her smile belied the frustration of her words.

I took my first sip of coffee and sighed. A good night’s sleep, a hot cup of coffee and happy table-mates. Not a bad start to the day. I ordered medialunas when Sofia came round, and my first bite of the light, flaky pastry made my day even brighter.

“Who’s taking the class today, do we know?” I asked. Jack would know.

“Pablo and Natalia,” he said.

“She promised to be hard on us, remember?” asked Rachel. I turned to look at her. She seemed much happier than when I’d last seen her – just before she refused point blank to go to a haunted milonga.

“And where are we dancing tonight?” I decided to test the waters.

“I can’t remember the name – something long and complicated – but it’s a very small place just around the corner from here.” Jack didn’t disappoint me.

“And are you coming to that one Rachel?”

“Oh yes,” she said. “When nothing happened on Saturday night, I realised I’d been a bit foolish.”

My eyes flicked to Jack who was staring at me with a rictus grin, medialuna raised halfway to his mouth and shaking slightly under the strain.

“Oh yes,” I said, turning towards Cassie. She was also smiling broadly, although her smile seemed marginally more natural. “That was quite a relief to everyone I think.”

There was an almost audible sigh from the table, but Rachel seemed not to notice. We ate in silence for a while and then Rachel announced that she needed to get ready for class. As she was dressed in sweats and a t-shirt with perfect (to my eye) hair and make-up, I couldn’t think what she needed to do. But I didn’t question her – I was too keen to grill Jack and Cassie.

“What were you thinking?” I hissed as door swung closed behind her. “She’s bound to hear sooner or later and then she’ll know you lied to her.”

“We lied to her,” said Jack, with a grin. I scowled at him. His boyish charm never worked on me.

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