An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Collection - DEF by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-11T23:00:00+00:00

8

Fenella felt the color drain from her face. Mark must have noticed, because he took her arm and led her to the nearest chair.

“Just take a few deep breaths,” he told her. “I shouldn’t have just sprung that on you like that. I am sorry.”

Fenella shook her head. “I’m okay,” she said. “I was just surprised, that’s all. I just spoke to the woman yesterday.”

“And she was coming here for tea today.”

Fenella nodded and then looked over at the kitchen counter. Looking at the piles and piles of food made her feel slightly ill. “You’re sure it was an accident?” she blurted out.

Mark raised an eyebrow. “Do you know of any reason why it wouldn’t have been?” he asked.

“No, no, not at all,” Fenella replied quickly. “I think I’ve just been caught up in too many murder investigations lately, that’s all.”

Mark studied her for a moment. “What exactly were you and Mrs. Dolek going to talk about today?” he asked.

“She was going to share some memories of my aunt with me, that’s all. I don’t really remember Mona very well. Margaret and Hannah were going to tell me about her.”

“Mona led a rather adventurous life,” Mark said.

Fenella shrugged. “I’ve heard a few stories, but I don’t know how true any of them are.”

“But you were happy to find out more?”

“I’m eager to find out more,” Fenella replied. “I’m fascinated by what I’ve learned thus far.”

“Can you think of any reason why anyone would want to keep you from hearing more about Mona’s past?” the man asked.

Fenella sat back in her chair and tried to think. “I can’t imagine that anyone on the island cares what I do or don’t know about Mona,” she said eventually.

Mark nodded. “As I said, both deaths appear to have been unfortunate accidents. The only link between them, aside from the fact that they both knew each other, is that they both had plans to talk to you on the day they died. It’s probably just one of life’s odd coincidences.”

“Unless something happened in the past that has motivated someone to kill them now,” Fenella suggested.

“It’s hard to imagine what that something could be,” he replied. “If you have any ideas, I’d love to hear them.”

“Someone is killing all of the women who knew Paul Clucas,” Mona said. She’d been sitting on the couch, staring out the window, since Mark had announced Margaret’s death. Now she came and stood next to Fenella. “Phillipa’s lost her mind and she’s going around killing all of the women in Paul’s memoirs. That has to be it.”

“As I understand it, there was some infidelity in that social circle, back in the day,” Fenella said, trying to work how best to word her comments. “Maybe someone is just now getting their revenge.”

Mark stared at her for a minute and then chuckled. “I don’t know anything about that social circle, but I find it hard to believe that anyone would wait this long to extract revenge if they felt wronged.”

“Paulette told me that her father left notes for his memoirs detailing his affairs,” Fenella said.

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