Dark Chocolate and Death: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Pacific Cove Mystery Book 1) by Samantha Silver

Author:Samantha Silver [Silver, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blueberry Books Press
Published: 2019-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

By the time I got home, I already had a name for my new company: Phoenix Chocolates. After all, the phoenix was the bird that rose from the ashes. And this new company was going to rise from the ashes of Pacific Chocolates, like a triumphant middle finger directed straight at Chief Enforcer Lupo.

The thought of turning that image into the company logo made me smile for a minute before I turned my mind back to more serious matters. It was midafternoon by the time I got home, and I still had a couple of hours before Ashley and Andrea would be back from work. That was just enough time to get started on a business plan.

I very quickly realized I had absolutely no idea how to run a business. Or how to start one. I had a name, and that was about it. I definitely didn’t know how to make chocolate yet, but hopefully Grace could teach me. I would pay her, of course. Although where that money would come from, I didn’t know.

With the entire factory being off-limits, I also no longer had any of my family’s contacts. I was really going to be starting from scratch.

The thought terrified me. But I wasn’t going to let them win. Someone was trying to destroy my parents, destroy my family. They were using Chief Enforcer Lupo to do it. I didn’t think he was the mastermind behind all of this. I might have been wrong—I was going to have to ask my parents if they had crossed him somehow—but this seemed very personal. I had a feeling it was a witch or a wizard behind all of it. Someone was back there, pulling the strings, doing their best to destroy us.

Well, they were about to find out that the coven of Mars was the coven of war. We were not about to lie down and give up without a fight.

I called Grace straightaway and let her know the bad news.

“Oh, Megan, I’m so sorry,” she told me.

“I’m going to start my own chocolate company,” I explained. “I want to hire you to teach me how to make chocolates. Please.”

“Of course I will,” Grace replied, the warmth of her voice traveling across the phone lines and giving me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

“I’m afraid I don’t have any of the equipment, tools, or ingredients right now,” I said. “I’m going to have to find out what I need.”

“Yes, you will,” Grace told me. “But for now, let me come over and I’ll give you another lesson. I can bring everything you’ll need from here at home.”

“You’re a lifesaver,” I replied as tears of gratitude welled up in my eyes. I had never thought of myself as a crier before, but the last couple of days were apparently proving me wrong. The amount of generosity and kindness people had shown me over the last couple of days far outweighed the glares and scowls from others.

I was going to show all of them.

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