Cruller Me Surprised (Raised and Glazed Cozy Mysteries Book 16) by Emma Ainsley

Author:Emma Ainsley [Ainsley, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2022-07-27T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Maggie stepped into the shower after Brett left for the night. The words of the woman at the restaurant had really bothered her. Was the entire scene a response to their conversation about the body at the lake? She couldn’t imagine that anyone had actually heard what they were saying, but she couldn’t imagine two grown women interrupting their dinner, either. Not to mention what the other diners had to endure.

She fell into bed with a headache and a desire to punch someone. Maggie was not the punching type, but the desire was still with her the following morning when she woke up to start her day. She had just finished making her coffee when she heard a knock at her door. She rushed through the kitchen to open it, thinking that it might be Jake.

But when she got to the door and opened it, she remembered that Jake had moved into Orson’s old house. Victor Larabee stood on the other side of her door. “It’s four o’clock in the morning,” she blurted out.

“It’s actually four-thirty,” he said and pushed beyond her into the house.

“How do you even know where I live?” Maggie asked. “And why are you in my house? I haven’t invited you in.”

“Oh, I thought you just did,” he said. “No matter. I'm here now. How about that coffee?”

“Mr. Larabee, you can leave my house right this minute,” she said. “It is not okay for you to show up unannounced at four o’clock in the morning.”

“Four-thirty,” Victor corrected.

“Four-thirty, whatever,” she said. “It’s an ungodly hour. You are not invited in. You can come back to my place of business at ten o’clock as we discussed yesterday, and I will be happy to sit down with you and have a cup of coffee and discuss your aunt. Until then, do not show up at my house again.”

“Your lights were on,” he said.

“Yes, because I own a donut shop and we tend to get there early to start the day,” Maggie snapped. “That is not an open invitation for perfect strangers to show up at your door and invite themselves in,” she said.

“But you’re already up,” Victor said. “Why can’t we talk now?”

“Because I have things to do. I have to get to work and get things going for the rest of my employees. Have you been living under a rock or something?” Maggie asked. “Is there some reason that you don’t understand the way normal life works?”

“I still don’t understand why we can’t just have a cup of coffee and a quick chat!” His fist came down hard on the table. “That’s all I wanted, just to talk to you. What’s so bad about that?”

“Okay, you’re acting very strange, and you’re starting to scare me,” Maggie said firmly. “I want you to leave my house right now, Victor. Leave and do not show up here again.”

Maggie held the door open for him and waited for him to leave. She could feel her heart beating hard in her chest.

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