Bagels and Betrayal by Wendy Meadows

Author:Wendy Meadows [Meadows, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC

Chapter Ten

Cold, dark-gray skies pregnant with snow roamed over the Pine Lakes Inn. By noon, a fresh foot of snow had dropped onto the little town. School had been happily canceled—again. Most businesses closed—again. People of all ages were out enjoying the snow—sledding, skiing, building snowmen or snow forts, or just out taking a cold walk. Not a single citizen had a clue that two murders had taken place up on Old Wolf Mountain at the old Lights lake house. Riley had ordered his people to zip their lips or else, and no one dared ruffle Riley's feathers. Bethany had no desire to ever see Riley again, let alone anger the man. She was content sitting in a nice, warm hotel room with Julie, sipping on a cup of hot coffee.

“Davy will be by tomorrow to pick us up. He'll drive us to Raleigh. We'll rent a car there and drive west.”

Julie watched Bethany take a sip of coffee from a lousy paper cup that came with the hotel room. Bethany looked a little tense. “Your mother was really upset, wasn't she, love?”

Bethany set her coffee cup down onto a round table and folded her arms over her dark green sweater. “Yes. Mother was very upset. She has forbidden me to ever go near the lake house again. She is considering putting the lake house and the mountain land up for sale.”

“Oh, what a pity.” Julie sat down on the edge of a soft queen-sized bed with a sigh. “I hope your mother will not take such drastic actions.”

Bethany watched her friend scan a heavy brown winter jacket that was a bit too large. The jacket in question had once been hanging on a rack inside O’Malley’s Department Store in Snow Falls. Amanda adored it, though Sarah wasn't as enthusiastic. Without Amanda knowing, Sarah had marked the jacket ninety percent off. Julie had happily bought it—a jacket that had sat unsold for over three years. Sarah told Amanda that a happy shopper had finally bought the lovely jacket. Amanda accepted the...truth and forgot all about the matter until she saw her cousin wearing it. When Julie told Amanda how she had found the jacket marked at ninety percent off...well, let's just say that Amanda ate all the kosher chili dogs at O'Mally's Department Store on purpose just to annoy Sarah. Revenge was sweet.

“I doubt Mother will get rid of the lake house and the land. Family value bears more weight than fear.”

“Yes, let's hope so.” Julie considered putting down another cup of coffee, but the idea of drinking such horrid coffee made her stomach cringe. “Want to walk down to the diner? It's a little past lunch time.”

“Is it?” Bethany checked her wristwatch. “My goodness, it seems like we just woke up.” Bethany looked at two queen-sized beds sitting side by side. The idea of rooming alone after experiencing a deadly night up on Old Wolf Mountain hadn’t appealed to Bethany or Julie. The two friends decided that staying in the same room might be safer—or more comforting—than rooming alone.

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