Cryptic Blend by Kennedy Layne

Author:Kennedy Layne [Layne, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Paranormal, cozy, mystery
ISBN: 9781943420797
Publisher: Kennedy Layne Publishing
Published: 2019-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Jack is on his way here now from the airport,” Heidi said with reluctance, having already pulled the phone away from her ear and disconnected the call. Her blue eyes were filled with worry, but I wasn’t about to concern her even more by divulging my theories. It was fortunate she hadn’t asked me point blank what I was considering doing. Otherwise, she would have known immediately I was hatching something and cancelled her plans. In turn, her abrupt decision to cancel would have made Jack suspicious. “Are you sure you don’t want me to hang around?”

My dear Heidi has a point. She might be helpful in this situation.

Leo was just saying that because he was a wee bit jealous and despised the fact that Heidi was dating a detective.

Oh, trust me…that oaf of a detective could be an archangel for all I care. He still wouldn’t be good enough for my Heidi.

The point I was trying to make originally was that I wasn’t so sure Heidi should cancel her plans, and I wasn’t about to ruin her Saturday night with this tomfoolery.

You see, I’d come back to the cottage directly after I’d finished speaking with Mr. Whitley. His claim that someone in his family had unearthed the sapphire ring to attain eternal youth had been said with complete conviction, which could only mean one thing—he had no idea that I was in possession of said precious gem.

Don’t get me wrong.

He out and out accused me of being the one to take the sapphire ring, but he didn’t know for sure, especially after my unexpected visit…and that was to my benefit.

Mr. Whitley had continued to enjoy his tea and cookies while casually explaining that he’d rigged the crypt with a single security camera so that he could keep an eye on the family secret from the privacy of his residence. At no point did he offer any apologies for what he’d done. Then again, if he were telling the truth…well, he’d only been doing what he’d thought was the best course of action at the time.

As for Clifford Meyers, he had no clue of what his older uncle had done. He was completely in the dark. Still, who else would have known about the security feature? It was that sole camera that had alerted Mr. Whitley that someone had desecrated the grave. An alarm had been triggered, causing Mr. Whitley and Stella to realize something had occurred at the cemetery last night. Unfortunately, it was to find that the camera had been damaged.

The footage only showed static, meaning that the assailant had known all along there had been a security camera installed inside the crypt. Mr. Whitley had assured me that no one outside of him and Stella had known about the camera’s existence, but obviously he had been wrong.

It was also his way of being very passive-aggressive, indicating that I could have had something to do with the family’s missing ring and the desecration of the Whitley’s crypt.

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