Act Fast (An Indigo Investigations Cozy Mystery Book 1) by R. A. Wallace

Author:R. A. Wallace [Wallace, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Finding Anilese became her next priority. The problem was, none of the contact information Anilese had given her was correct. She thought back to the places that Anilese had named when talking about Ian. There was the coffee shop, the restaurant, and the docks at the cove.

Callie decided to try the coffee shop first. When she had stopped there the first time, she had noticed that they also serve chilled drinks and baked goods. Both sounded good at the moment. It was later in the day than the last time she had stopped and the person working behind the counter was not the same one she had spoken to before. This one was a competent looking woman around Callie’s age who deftly created custom-crafted drinks for the people in line before Callie.

Many of the concoctions looked so interesting, she had changed her mind multiple times before stepping up to the counter. Watching the person in front of her walking away, Callie took the easy way out and pointed.

“I’ll take whatever they had.” Callie checked out the baked goods while the barista went to work.

“My friend said that you guys have awesome muffins,” Callie said to the barista.

The other woman nodded toward the glass display case as she shot some liquid into the cup for her iced coffee.

“Those are half price because it’s closing time.”

Callie looked behind her. She was the only one left in the coffee shop.

“My friend mentioned that she comes in pretty often.” Callie described Anilese.

The barista brought Callie’s coffee to the counter.

“Yeah, she sounds familiar. I think I’ve seen her in here once or twice.” The barista looked expectantly toward the muffins. Callie thought of her office mates and ordered a half dozen. She substantiated the expenditure by reminding herself that Elliot would probably be paying for it since it all tied back to Ian. Besides, they were half price.

Callie left the coffee shop and drove to her office. She found both Sierra and Michael typing away on their computers. She could hear the music coming out of Michael’s ear buds. This time, instead of being oblivious to Callie’s presence, Michael’s eyes homed in on the box in her hand. Callie set the box down on the small table near the fridge.

“I brought you some muffins,” she said to both of them.

Michael was out of his chair in a shot. The first jumbo-sized muffin disappeared in a matter of moments. He took another one out and handed it to Sierra as he went back to his own desk. He took the box with him.

“Is this going to cost us?” Sierra asked.

Callie smiled. “Well, now that you mention it, I could use some help finding someone.”

Sierra sighed and began pulling the waxed wrapper from the muffin. “Who is it this time?”

Callie figured the best part about sharing her office space was that her office mates had computer skills and the uncanny ability to find information on the Internet in places that Callie didn’t have the ability to visit.

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