Copycat Killer Thriller : Cozy Mystery (Country Cottage Mysteries Book 19) by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom

Author:Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2021-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The Fall Y’all Country Cottage Days festival is thumping and bumping by the time we get back to the inn, with intermittent catcalls breaking loose over the crooning of the band.

“Wait a minute,” I say to Georgie and Jasper as I tip my ear toward the clearing. “That music sounds an awful lot like the band I told Jordy to send packing back to the Montgomerys’ farm.”

Georgie gets out of the car, her left shoe squeaking with every step. “Those boys aren’t leaving, Bizzy. Look at this place. The Montgomerys’ farm is a room full of preschoolers. That band wants to hang out with the boozy frat boys and sleazy sorority sisters.”

“Are you likening the Country Cottage Inn to a frat house?” I ask.

“If the wet shoe fits,” she says just as Sherlock, Fish, and Cornwall fly out of the doggie door on the side of the house and run this way.

“Hey, cuties,” I say, bending over and scooping up both Fish and Cornwall. “Where’s the fire?” I fed them dinner before we left, so I’m assuming their bellies aren’t rumbling.

Everyone out there is having such a good time, Fish yowls. We were just about to head to the party. You should join us, Bizzy.

Bad news. Sherlock sniffs around Georgie’s feet. I think she stepped in it. We should really have Jasper picking up around the yard a little more often.

Cornwall twitches an ear toward Fish. Is there a reason Sherlock isn’t litter trained by now?

Fish mewls, I wish I could say he’s defective, but I’ve seen enough canines to know they’re all equally obnoxious when it comes to depositing wherever they feel like it. They flaunt it as if they’re proud.

Sherlock sniffs. I don’t deposit wherever I feel like it. Jasper trained me to leave it on the lawn for him. My personal preference was in his shoe, but he put a stop to that early on.

“What’s going on?” Jasper asks as he gives Sherlock a quick scratch.

“Sherlock was just saying that he and Georgie have something in common when it comes to leaving a deposit inside a shoe,” I tell him.

Georgie sighs. “I knew I liked you, kiddo,” she says before plucking some bacon out of her pocket and landing it in front of the perky pooch. “Now let’s party hearty. I’m feeling a lot more comfortable than I was a few hours ago. Word on the street is, Juni finally got that tattoo artist to show up and I’ve got a pale rump I’m looking to decorate. I’m thinking a gold nugget to commemorate my time on the Titanic.”

I’d correct her and tell her she wasn’t actually on the disastrous cruise, but then again, her connection to that ill-fated vessel was just as disastrous.

“Jasper, that’s Southern Comfort playing,” I tell him. “I promised Melissa Montgomery I’d send them back to her place. Let’s go find out what went wrong.”

He nods. “After that nugget we just dealt with, the night can only go up from here.”

Jasper takes Fish and I hold Cornwall as we head toward the fairgrounds with Sherlock and Georgie.

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