Blueberries and Bereavement (Sweet Baked Mystery Book 3) by Katherine Hayton

Author:Katherine Hayton [Hayton, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Katherine Hayton
Published: 2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00

After recounting her story, Holly accompanied the sergeant down to the station. She let them take some fingerprints and swab the inside of her mouth. While walking back home afterward, Holly thought it would be just her luck today that the DNA sample got mixed up with another one and she ended up being convicted of a crime she really hadn’t done.

Yup. That would be just her luck.

When Crystal pulled the door open with a worried frown, Holly was so exhausted that instead of telling her what had happened, she collapsed sobbing in her arms.

Even though Holly knew that she must be scaring her sister, it took a long time before she got herself under enough control to explain what was going on.

“Do you really think Dad would’ve done something like that?” Crystal asked when the whole sorry story was out in the open. “He always seemed so straitlaced that I have a hard time thinking of him seeing a woman on the sly.”

“It does seem out of character,” Holly said. “But if it was just after Mom died, then I suppose it’s possible that he went a bit crazy.” She turned over on the couch, seeking a more comfortable spot for her tired bones. “From what Steven Willoughby recorded, it seems that she didn’t let on she was married until after things went a bit far.”

Crystal shrugged. “It still doesn’t seem like him. I never saw him even glance at another woman after Mom died.”

Holly gave a small laugh. “You know as well as I do that doesn’t mean that he didn’t. Just because he was careful around us, doesn’t mean he didn’t look—or act—at all.”

“Bleurgh,” Crystal said after a moment’s though, sticking her tongue out.

“What?”

“The thought of Dad doing it with someone. I don’t need that on my mind while I’m trying to go to sleep.”

Holly laughed and nodded. “I know. Maybe we should just stay up all night baking and hire someone to man the shop tomorrow.”

“Yeah,” Crystal said with a sardonic edge. “Then we can turn up on Friday to find the cases empty and yet mysteriously no money in the till.”

Turning over onto her stomach, Holly leaned out to poke at the bottom of her sister’s feet. “You have such a low opinion of human nature.”

At that, Crystal snorted. “You would, too, if you were paying attention. Everything miserable that happened to you today happened because of human beings.”

“Hm. Everything nice that happened was because of that, too.”

“Pollyanna,” Crystal shot back. “What nice thing happened, then?”

“Well,” Holly said, drawing the word out as long as possible while she tried to think.

“See,” Crystal said. “You can’t think of anything.”

“Oh, Amber apologized for her bad behavior,” Holly said. “And Samuel sat down and let the ceremony proceed because Amber asked him to. Those are nice things.”

“Certainly makes up for the stabbing.” Crystal slowly rolled over, slipping her feet down onto the floor. “Those cakes won’t bake themselves,” she said. A magic chant that had absolutely no effect.

“We could turn the sign around tomorrow and pretend that we’re on holiday,” Holly said hopefully.

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