Beauty and the Blackmailer: A Romantic Cozy Novella (Fairy Tale Retelling Cozy Mystery Book 3) by Amorette Anderson

Author:Amorette Anderson [Anderson, Amorette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amorette Anderson
Published: 2020-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

She was surprised that though she’d worked with Sean five days a week for the past nearly two years since he’d started at Glitter Cup, he’d never mentioned it to her.

While Bridget thought this over, the phone’s screen went black again. She walked it out to the café and handed it to Sean, along with a quick reminder about the company policy regarding cell phone usage. Then, her mind still chewing on the message, she walked to her back office.

The cordless phone by her computer had a flashing red light, which indicated a waiting voicemail. Bridget listened to the message. It was from Sara White, the associate editor for the Dayton Newspaper. The message was brief; Sara simply requested a call back.

Bridget grinned as she dialed Sara’s work number. She’d gotten to know Sara the year before, when Glitter Cup was awarded a people’s choice award for Best Dayton City Coffee Shop. In addition to being the associate editor of the Dayton Newspaper, Sara also headed up the business section. Sara had written up a great piece on the café, and in the process, she and Bridget had become friends. Sara was smart, thoughtful, and had a kind heart. Bridget liked her.

“Hey, just got your message,” Bridget said when she got Sara on the line. “What’s up?”

“Bridget! Thanks for calling me back so fast. Listen, I just got a tip that there’s some big changes afoot for the Glitter Cup organization. There’s a buzz around this news that the CEO, Giovanni Costa, is going to announce early next week. People are speculating that he’s going to retire.”

“Really?” Bridget said. “This is the first I’ve heard of it.”

“I guess they’re keeping the news quiet within the company, too,” Sara said. “Too bad: I was hoping you might have the inside scoop to share with me.” There was a sound of rustling papers on Sara’s end of the line, and then she said, “Can I bring a videographer by within the next few days? We want to get some footage of the inside of the shop so we’re ready when the story breaks.”

“Video?” Bridget said, surprised.

“Sure. We post video clips on our website. It’s a new thing I’ve initiated since taking over. We’ve got to keep up with social media these days, you know! How does tomorrow at 1:00 sound to you?”

“I think that’ll be fine. Let me run it by my regional supervisor. She can be fussy about media coverage. I’m sure it’ll be fine. I’ll call you back by the end of the day so you can make plans with your video guy.”

I wonder if Giovanni Costa is really retiring? Bridget thought once she got off the line.

She placed a call to Shelby, who quickly agreed that allowing the paper in to grab video footage would be no problem. Bridget called Sara back to share the news.

Once all that was handled, she allowed herself to think over her brief conversation with Sean, and the message she’d read on his phone.

It had surprised her to find out that he was having money troubles.

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