Beatrice and Douglas by Lucille Kelly

Author:Lucille, Kelly [Lucille, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary
Amazon: B00HYO0CEE
Goodreads: 20611573
Published: 2014-01-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Unfortunately, their plans lasted about a minute. As they walked into the lobby, Mrs. Peal was dithering at the counter, and when she saw them, she threw her hands up most dramatically.

“Oh, I am so sorry. There has been a break in and the police are requesting we stay in the lobby until they get here.”

Douglas put Beatrice back on her feet. She walked forward until she could take Mrs. Peal’s hand.

“Are you all right?”

“I am so sorry. This has never happened here before. This is a small town. Nothing ever happens here. I think I’m in shock.”

“Just breathe. You’ll be fine. No one was hurt?”

“Goodness no. I was in the back. Usually people just ring the bell if they need help during the day, and I was watching my morning shows and I didn’t hear anything. I’m so sorry.”

“You weren’t hurt. That’s what’s important.” She looked at Douglas and he stepped forward. “Really Mrs. Peal. No worries. Other than my cell phone, all of our important stuff is locked up securely at the site. All I had here was a few clothes and a toothbrush.”

“Beatrice is right. Don’t worry on our account,” Douglas said as the door opened behind him. He turned in time to see a pair of uniformed officials come inside.

There were two of them. They were both skinny with brown hair and receding hairlines. Both sets of brown eyes studied the scene with mild suspicion. One was older and wearing a sheriff’s badge. They looked enough alike to be related.

“Ruth?” The older version looked from her to the woman holding her hand and the man standing so close beside her. “Everything all right here?”

“Of course not. I was robbed!”

“Right.” He looked them over carefully. Mostly he was studying Douglas. “These your guests?”

“Yes. It was their rooms that were ransacked.”

“You two been up there since it happened?”

“No.” Douglas leaned back against the counter going for casual, in the hopes that it would ease the suspicion vibes coming from the sheriff. “We were at breakfast and then exploring your lovely shops.” He jingled the bags in his hand. Though why they might think he would ransack his own room he didn’t bother to ask. He just tried to look innocent.

“I’ll go check it out. You two mind answering some questions down here while I do?”

“I thought we were.”

Rather than respond, the sheriff pursed his lips, looked them over one more time, and headed for the stairs. It was the young one who was going to ask them the rest of the questions apparently. He led them to the breakfast room so they could sit down with coffee while they were grilled.

It didn’t take very long to say ‘yes, they were working just outside of town, and yes, they had been staying here for a few days and would be here until the job ended.’ ‘No, they had no idea who might have broken into their room and no, there was nothing valuable.’

“You have separate rooms?”

“Yes,” Beatrice and Douglas said in unison.

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