Dead and Breakfast: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Visions & Victims Book 1) by Lily Webb

Author:Lily Webb [Webb, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

We gathered around the front desk like a terrified family of deer, and Kiki kept watch while Blair picked up the rotary phone’s handset and held it to her ear. Spinning the dial repeatedly, she called Delia’s room number, 312, and I held my breath as it rang.

“Yes?” Delia answered, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

“Ms. Rune, it’s Blair down at the front desk. I’m calling to let you know that we’ve worked out another room for you, as you requested,” Blair said confidently, as if nothing at all were wrong.

“Oh, thank Lilith,” Delia sighed.

“Are you ready to move now? I’d be happy to send Selena and Jadis up to help you move your things.”

“That’s fine, yes. Just give me a few minutes to gather them?”

“Sure. Call me back when you’re ready.”

“Thanks again, Blair. Maybe now I’ll finally be able to get some work done,” Delia said and hung up.

Blair set the handset back on the receiver and flashed me a smile. “Easy as that.”

“Helping her move her things? That’s brilliant! That’ll get us into her room to see if there’s anything fishy going on in there,” I said.

Blair winked at me. “Why do you think I offered?”

Jadis frowned. “I dunno. I don’t think she’d let us in there if she had anything to hide.”

“True, but who knows? She might just be trying to play it cool.”

“Maybe, but I don’t think she’d be so eager to let us in her room if she were hiding Emile’s unconscious body in there.”

I shrugged. “Well, we’ll find out shortly, won’t we?”

“Yeah, I guess so,” Jadis said and turned to Blair. “But how are we going to keep ourselves safe in there alone with her?”

“Kiki and I will wait for you on the floor below. If anything goes wrong, we’ll hear it and be there in a flash,” Blair said, but it didn’t sound like too safe of a plan to me. The copycat in the inn had already proven they were exceptionally stealthy, and I didn’t think it would take more than a few seconds for them to subdue Jadis and me. “I know it’s not perfect, but it’s the best we can do,” Blair said as if she’d picked up on my doubt.

“What about the stuff in the vial? How are we going to ask her about that without it seeming suspicious? Don’t forget, she could be the imposter too.”

Blair frowned. “Good question; I hadn’t thought of that. If she is the one behind all this, showing her the liquid might tip her off that we’re on to her. Then again, with the kitchen in its current state, the imposter has to know we’re circling around them by now, anyway. How couldn’t we be?”

“That’s true,” Jadis said, “so they’re probably even more dangerous now. A cornered animal isn’t likely to be friendly.”

“We don’t really have a choice,” Blair said. “Assuming she’s really Delia, she’s the only one here who has any chance of telling us what that stuff is. It’s a risk we have to take.

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