Butter Pecan Killer (Cupcakes in Paradise Book 10) by Summer Prescott

Author:Summer Prescott [Prescott, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

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“Oh geez!” Mattie jumped when Spencer materialized behind her in the kitchen. She was loading the dishwasher after she and Kaylee had lunch, and she nearly dropped the plate that she’d been holding. “What are you a ninja or something?” she caught her breath.

“Something like that,” Spencer smiled faintly. “Is Missy around?”

“She’s over at the cupcake shop. Chas wanted her to rest, but she insisted that she needed to work.”

“That sounds like her,” Spencer nodded. “And Kaylee and Jasmine?”

“Kaylee is down for a nap and Jasmine is home with the sniffles. Is this going to be like an everyday thing, you coming over to check up on things?” she sounded a bit impatient.

“I often do. Why? Does it bother you?”

“It just strikes me as kind of weird, and you never make any sound when you come in, so it scares me to death,” Matisse complained.

“Sorry, I’m used to being quiet when I come in, in case Kaylee is asleep,” he shrugged. “And I didn’t mean to scare you. I’m actually a really nice guy.”

“So I hear,” Mattie looked skeptical. “I have things well under control here, by the way. I don’t need supervision.”

“So I hear,” Spencer mocked her gently. “Missy, Chas, and Kaylee are like family to me. I would lay down my life for them, or anyone they love. Yes, I’m going to check on them. I’ll try not to startle you, but you just have to get used to the fact that I’m going to be coming around. I’m not checking up on you or what you’re doing, I’m ensuring the safety and security of my family, and no one is going to stop me.”

“Pretty sure of yourself, aren’t you?” Mattie challenged, eyes flashing.

“When it comes to keeping the Becketts safe, yeah, I am.”

“Well, whatever,” Mattie waved a hand in his direction and went back to doing the dishes. “You do your thing and I’ll do mine and we’ll just try to stay out of each other’s way.”

“Look, I don’t know what you’re so….” Spencer’s next words were cut off by the sound of an engine being gunned and a crash of broken glass.

Mattie let out a startled yelp.

“Go check on Kaylee and lock yourself in the nursery with her,” Spencer ordered, sprinting from the kitchen.

Leaping over the back of the couch to get to the foyer more quickly, he darted out the front door. There was a broken window in the living room and black streaks of rubber on the circular drive left by the attacker. A vehicle turned off of the private lane and onto the main road before Spencer could see much, but he noticed that it was an old blue pickup truck. The license plate couldn’t be seen. Jogging back into the house, he looked for the object that had broken the window. It was a hunk of cement, and there was nothing distinctive about it. It also had a surface that would make it nearly impossible to find fingerprints. The best that he could hope for was trace DNA.

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