Bakery Detectives Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 7 - 9 by Stacey Alabaster

Author:Stacey Alabaster [Alabaster, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2017-03-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I managed to run out of the study and race towards the kitchen/dining room. Kenneth must have been hot on my tail though, because as soon as I got there and turned around, he was right there.

"Rachael? Why were you looking at my computer?"

"I think I should go," I said, grabbing my coat and backing toward the door. It was still pouring outside, but I didn't care. I would rather take my chances and drown in the rain. I might end up with pneumonia, but at least I wouldn't wind up hanging upside-down from a tree with a pumpkin over my head.

"You'll get soaking wet, Rachael." His tone was flat and cold as he came around behind me and blocked the way to the door. I tried to look around for another means of escape. I backed up against the door, but he leaned over me and pressed his hand against it, meaning there was no way it was going to budge. Outside, thunder cracked.

"I saw what was on your screen," I said, shaking. "So don't you even try to get mad a me for snooping. You don't have any moral high ground here."

Kenneth dropped his hand and stood back. "I'm sorry you saw that," he said quietly. "You shouldn't have been looking, though."

I should have just grabbed the door handle and made a run for it, but I had to ask. Still trembling, I spoke. "Why were you looking at that stuff?"

"I don't know why you are making such a big deal of it," Kenneth said.

Yeah, right. Don't try and play innocent with me.

I tried to hold my nerve.

"Because, Kenneth. Anyone copying the Belldale Halloween Killer would need to know what he had done, wouldn't they? If they were going to copy him?" I straightened up and walked towards him, away from the door. Away from my one point of escape. We were four stories up and there would be no going out the window. "That's sort of the point of being a copycat killer, isn't it?"

Kenneth looked like he was trying not to roll his eyes. "Yeah, and any copycat would have needed to do their research a little earlier than now, wouldn't they? Like, weeks ago. Not after the fact."

Good point. "I don't know how long you've had those browser windows open for," I said feebly. Even though I knew it was a weak response.

I was back to slowly backing away from him now, heading towards the door as I did up the buttons of my coat. "You acted like you didn't know anything about it, Kenneth. You told me you didn't believe it, that you hadn't read any of the stories. Seems like you're a pretty big expert to me."

Kenneth let out a sigh of frustration and ran a finger through his strawberry blonde hair.

"Okay, look, I was researching this guy, this ancient killer, are you happy now?"

No, I wasn't happy at all. Not only did this raise my suspicions about Kenneth, big time, it made me realize that he hadn't been honest with me all along.

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