Deadly Cruise: A Humorous Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Book 7) by A.R. Winters

Author:A.R. Winters [Winters, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The next morning, I awoke bright and early.

I had received another apologetic text from Ethan the night before, and then we’d talked a little on the phone.

The couple wouldn’t stop arguing and he hadn’t felt safe leaving them until they were firmly ensconced in their cabin, with the promise of joining Tom Devlin in the brig if they didn’t behave. It had taken him over an hour to accomplish this herculean task.

I was still wearing the ring when I woke up. I had slipped it onto my finger at the dining table the night before, and it felt so comfortable I plain forgot about it.

I was still stewing about what had happened when I returned to the cabin. Both Patsy Prince ruining my date and the mystery man getting away again. I had been lying on my bed, thinking about it all when I fell asleep.

Sam was still in dreamland when I left the room. I wanted to have breakfast in the Croissant Club, since I hadn’t done that yet this trip. While there, I could take photos for my job as social media manager, but there was another reason I wanted to be there too.

When I arrived, the place was already bustling. A lot of people liked the idea of dining with the captain, who always had breakfast here—it was something they would later boast about to their friends at the country club over mint juleps or glasses of bourbon—and since there were no formal invitations in this restaurant during the morning, people were under the impression that they were all ‘dining with the captain.’

I began snapping pictures as soon as I arrived. It’s a handy distraction when you’re nervous, which I was that morning. My phone rang almost immediately, but since I was halfway through using it to take pictures of an elegant retired couple, I declined the call. I did feel a little guilty, because it was Ethan trying to get hold of me. But if it were really important, he’d send a message or try me again.

The captain was sitting at his regular table, along with Kelly Cline, Judd Cohn, and Susan Shelly. I suppressed a snicker as I realized Tom Devlin wasn’t there. He must not have given up his fingerprints yet.

It was with a big smile on my face that I approached the table.

“Good morning!” I said to Kelly. Today, she was dressed in bright black-and-yellow clothing. She always reminded me of a bee when she wore those colors. A particularly busy one.

“Hi, Adrienne!” Kelly glanced at the captain, who was busy staring at his phone. A flash of annoyance danced across her face. “Do you know where Tom is?”

“Ye-es,” I said, nodding my head toward the self-serve coffee makers.

When she had excused herself from the other diners, she huddled next to me for a quick conference.

“Ethan locked him up because he wouldn’t give fingerprints.”

“Really? Shoot!” Kelly stomped one bright yellow shoe on the floor. She dropped her voice to an urgent whisper. “Does he think he did it?”

“Maybe.

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