Chocolate Cadavers by Constance Barker

Author:Constance Barker [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2020-04-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

I couldn’t believe what a creep Clive turned out to be. I can’t believe I almost dated him or even considered him sort of charming in any way. It gave me chills just to think about it.

I was angry as I drove away. How dare he spy on someone like that? I knew that journalists could be skeevy, but this was beyond the pale.

Clive had done a lot of terrible things, but this was by far the worst one. Even though he managed to confirm Laurel’s alibi and clear her name, I still felt really upset and grossed out by his behavior.

I tried my best to put Clive and what else he could be doing out of my mind. I needed to focus on something more positive or else I was going to have to find him and give him a piece of my mind.

Still, I was relieved that Laurel didn’t end up being the killer. She was so sweet. It was hard to imagine her doing something so heinous.

When I got back to the shop, I decided to make her a little gift basket. Officially, it would be for helping me go through the home, but, unofficially, I felt bad for making her a murder suspect.

I put together her favorite vegan cupcakes and a few other treats and wrapped them all up in a basket. I decided to add a few of our cute harvest festival test treats as well for some additional flair. It was too late to deliver them then, but I thought it would be nice to drop it off in the morning.

I tried to make the basket as pretty as possible. I knew Laurel had an eye for nice things, so I wanted to impress her. When I was satisfied, I took the basket and headed home for the night. I planned to bring her the basket first thing in the morning and got ready for bed with that intent.

The next day after I got ready, I grabbed the basket and headed out to Laurel’s home.

I drove with the basket in the front seat. It took me a couple minutes to get from my house to hers. I tried to leave enough time to be able to open The Mad Batter on time.

I went up to the front entrance and knocked on the door. Once again, Ernestine answered. She obviously remembered our last visit.

“You again,” she said. “What do you want this time?”

I held up the basket. “I put this together for Laurel. She was such a help yesterday when we went over to my great aunt’s home. I wanted to thank her properly.”

Ernestine took the basket, but she looked largely unmoved. “Is that all? She isn’t home. You can’t talk to her.”

“I just want to say too that I know what she’s going through. Not exactly, but I understand better than anyone that Daniel was a hard man to be around.”

Ernestine’s expression softened. “Yes, he was very difficult.”

“Right. I did marry him after all.

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