Aunt Bessie Solves: An Isle of Man Cozy Mystery by Xarissa Diana

Author:Xarissa, Diana
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“I hope I’m not too early,” Andrew said in an apologetic tone. “I wouldn’t have knocked, but I could see that your lights were on.”

“I’ve been up for hours,” Bessie assured him as she let him into her cottage. “I hope you aren’t up early because you couldn’t sleep last night.”

“Not at all. I slept incredibly well and woke up at seven feeling better than I have in years. After a leisurely shower and breakfast, I just couldn’t seem to find anything else to do to fill my time, though. When I went out for a walk, I noticed that your lights were on, so I thought I might as well just come over here.”

“I’m glad you did. We can head to Peel anytime, really,” Bessie told him. “We can have a walk around the quayside if we get there too early to visit Ron at his office.”

“I was wondering if we should ring him first,” Andrew said. “What if he’s out all day showing houses?”

Bessie thought for a minute. “We want to go to Peel anyway,” she pointed out. “If we wait until nine to ring him, we won’t get to Peel until half nine or later. Let’s just go. If he’s not available, we can make an appointment for later today, or tomorrow, even.”

“Is there anything interesting to see between here and Peel?”

“We could stop at Tynwald Hill if you’d like. That’s where the island’s government meets every fifth of July.”

“I heard about Tynwald Day when I was stationed here. I’m sorry now that I didn’t go along that year to see it. I didn’t do anything other than work. I knew I wasn’t going to be here for long, but at the time that seemed like a good thing. I wanted to be where the action was, not traipsing around historical sites or anything like that.”

“You were much younger, of course. I remember wanting to do exciting things when I was younger as well. Instead, I stayed in my little cottage and simply enjoyed being where I was.”

“But you lived in the US. For many people, that would be quite exciting.”

“I don’t remember it terribly well now,” Bessie told him. “When I first bought my cottage here, I did think about moving back, though. The island felt very foreign to me, really. I’d been in the US from the age of two and didn’t remember living on the island before that. Now I’m glad I stayed here, but there was a time when thought I would go as soon as I could save enough money for the journey.”

“If you were trying to save money, why did you buy a house?”

Bessie laughed. “Looking back now, I suppose I didn’t really want to leave the island, but I kept telling myself that I was going to go. I bought my cottage so that I could get away from my parents, as I blamed them for Matthew’s death. But even then, as much as the island felt strange to me, it also felt oddly like home.

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