Claus for Celebration by Laura Durham

Author:Laura Durham [Durham, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Broadmoor Books

Chapter 20

I checked my phone again before dropping it onto the couch next to me. No text from Reese, although I didn't really expect one. I knew he was busy processing a murder scene, and I cringed as I thought about the body pulled from the river. Then I thought about the man found in a Santa suit, and wondered about all the criminals turning up decked out in suits or hats. First Kris Kringle Jingle goes missing, then his suit is found and the guy who found it goes missing, then criminals start turning up wearing Santa garb. Either someone had a thing against Santa or a weird Santa fetish. Reese had made us all promise not to read too much into it, making me swear I wouldn't take this as a reason to get more involved in the case.

"You don't have to tell me twice," Kate had told him as he'd left for the waterfront and the dead body they'd pulled out. "I've had enough of floaters, thank you very much."

Fern had agreed with her, looking a bit green as we'd walked him out to one of his stylist chairs.

I wanted to remind them the one body we'd found floating in a pond could hardly have been considered a floater since she'd barely been in the water for half an hour before we'd spotted her, but I thought it best not to remind my fiancé about the latest murder investigation we'd meddled in. Like Kate and Fern, I'd promised Reese to leave this case to the DC police and had given him a quick kiss as he'd dashed out the door. And I'd meant it. Of course, that was before I had so much time to mull things over.

Sinking back into my couch, I let out a deep sigh, soaking up the quiet. For the first time in days, there was no one in my apartment but me, and the silence was blissful. As bad as I felt about my fiancé being called to a murder scene, I was grateful for the rare moments of solitude. I didn't even have an urge to think about why Kris was still missing.

It wasn't that I didn't love living with Reese. I did. But after living by myself for so many years, I was still adjusting to having someone around who never left. My evenings watching trashy TV while I caught up on paperwork had fallen by the wayside, and I never ate cupcakes for dinner anymore.

Propping my bare feet up on the coffee table, I glanced at the alphabetized rehearsal dinner place cards stacked next to the ceremony programs all folded and tied with ivory ribbon. Not only did I finally have the place to myself, Kate had helped me knock out most of the weekend's wedding prep before she'd dashed off to meet her mystery man for dinner. The panic that had been fluttering in my stomach all week had lessened somewhat after we'd finished some of the tedious work that always took hours the week of a wedding.

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