Brownies & Betrayal (A Merryville Mystery Book 1) by Greenway MJ

Author:Greenway, MJ
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Janice was on the line when Meredith picked up. There had been a cancellation for the following day, and she wanted to know if Meredith was interested in booking the opening. She was thrilled to have the chance to get in sooner.

She’d had a fitful night of sleep. The splash of water to her face hadn’t done the trick so Meredith made a quick coffee. She put it in her to-go cup and headed to the salon.

As soon as she arrived, Janice waved her over to her station. The tiny place didn’t have any other stylists or customers, country music was blasting through the speakers. Janice’s curvy figure and chestnut pixie haircut made her look younger than her actual age.

After sitting down, Janice reached for a comb. Meredith noticed her nails were cut really short, with no polish on them. It made sense for the job where she used her hands a lot. “What do you need done today, Sugar?”

“Maybe just trim a few inches off the length.”

“Okay. Are you sure you don’t want any color? It’d make ya look ten years younger.”

“No thanks, I’m trying to just let the ravages of age take me.”

Janice snorted with laughter.

“I’m so sorry about Richard. I was surprised to find you’d be back to work so soon.”

Janice sprayed Meredith’s hair with a squirt bottle and started combing through it a little too aggressively. She had a sensitive scalp.

“It’s been awful. In the morning, I wake up, and it’s like I forget while I sleep. Then I wake up, and he’s not there. And I can’t afford not to work. His business was having some financial trouble, and until I figure out what was up, I need the money I make here.”

“That’s too bad, it’s a bummer to have to sort out financials on top of everything else.”

“You’re telling me. The only silver lining is that my clients help me take my mind off it for a few hours. Most of them are pretty great.”

Janice lifted a section of hair and snipped a few inches off the bottom.

“That’s good. I hope this isn’t too crass, but who do you think did it?”

“I have a few ideas. But I’d rather not say. It wouldn’t be right if I were wrong and gossip got someone in trouble.”

“I can understand that. Since I found him, I’ve been trying to figure out who could have had a motive to do such a terrible thing.”

“It’s hard to say this, but there were some folks that didn’t like my husband. He had a reputation for top-notch work, but he charged a pretty penny for it.”

“That is what I’ve heard. That’s why I was so surprised to hear about financial troubles with the business.”

“Honey, he was just passing on his rising costs from his vendors. People want nice things, but they don’t want to pay for it.”

Janice lifted the last bit of hair and snipped it. Meredith shook her head and looked in the mirror. She looked a little better.

“I see.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.