Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Halloween Bay by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2023-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“So Edna had agreed to sell her property to the land developer?” Remi asked me the following day.

“That appears to be the case,” I answered. “Parker and I went back to the house this morning and spoke to the tenants, who said they’d decided to move out after almost a lifetime of living on the inlet in order to be closer to their children. I guess Edna didn’t want to deal with finding new tenants for the property, so when the land developer made her an offer she couldn’t refuse, she accepted it. On the one hand, I get it. Edna lived in the house with her first husband for a short amount of time. I have no idea what her relationship with her first husband was like, but I can understand why she may never have formed an emotional connection to the property. Once remarried, Edna moved out of her first husband’s house, moved into her second husband’s home, and leased her first husband’s house. The couple she leased to ended up staying there for over thirty years. Keeping the house had likely been the path of least resistance. It is a lovely home in a great location, and I imagine the offer Edna received would have made her a rich woman. She was getting on in years, and I know she and Beverly had talked about retirement. The chance to sell the house at a premium without having to deal with listing it, making repairs, and whatnot, would be attractive. On the other hand, having said all of that, Edna was very much anti-growth, so it doesn’t make sense that if she wanted to sell, she would sell to someone who was going to rip out the houses that make up the pretty little neighborhood in order to build high-end luxury condos.”

“I must admit that I’m shocked to hear that Edna sold the property,” Remi agreed. “Based on the conversation you overheard amongst her neighbors, it sounds like the others hadn’t realized that she had sold.”

I frowned. “That is odd. I want to speak to Beverly about it, but she’s in deep mourning, and I hate to bother her.” I paused and then continued. “I wonder when Edna signed the contract.”

“I suppose that might be something you could find out without too much trouble. Of course, since the land developer needs everyone to be on board for the deal to go through, he most likely hasn’t recorded the contracts anywhere. In that case, only he would know when each contract was signed.”

“I think I might dig around a little and see what I can find out. I’m not sure it really matters at this point, but I can’t help but feel as if something is going on that we’re all missing.”

“Like what?” he asked.

“I’m not sure. It just seems that there are all these events that don’t appear to be linked, yet still seem to be.”

“You’re talking about the house that burned down, the house that flooded, and the hit-and-run accident that killed Edna.

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