Death by Chocolate Cake by Elizabeth M. Newby

Author:Elizabeth M. Newby [Newby, Elizabeth M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atticus LLC.
Published: 2021-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The next hour or so passed in a blur. Medics arrived and whisked Margaret away, but everyone could see the attempts to resuscitate her were failing. Everyone sat around, shocked at what had just happened. When the police arrived, they talked to Caroline and Jules first before police officers began interviewing everyone else who was present.

After speaking to one myself, I glanced over in the direction of Emma. The blood still hadn't returned to her face, and her cheeks were stained with running mascara. She was becoming more animated. Her eyebrows rose, and her mouth dropped open. Something wasn't right. Shadow was looking at her and whimpered. I made my way nearer to see if I could work out what was going on.

I could just about hear the policeman who had now been joined by one of the detectives, “…sorry, but it’s standard procedure.”

“But I haven’t done anything wrong. You can’t honestly think—” said Emma.

“It doesn’t matter what we think. We just follow the evidence, and everyone has confirmed that Margaret collapsed after eating your cake.”

“And don’t you think that’s all a bit obvious? Convenient? I’m being framed.” Emma started looking around for help, and her eyes met mine, "Cara, tell them. Celeste. It was Celeste. She tried to tamper with my ingredients yesterday.”

“What’s going on?” I asked.

“We just need to take Ms Mitchell down to the station for questioning. She can make a statement, and I'm sure we'll soon have everything sorted,” replied the detective. He was not one I recognised.

“Emma cooked that cake in full view of the entire audience, and during the break, she was with Jo, Pam, and me. You can’t seriously be suggesting…? There’s no evidence…”

“All will be sorted out in time. But the less fuss you make, the better,” said the detective, his eyes catching my attention and then Emma’s.

“Emma, it’ll be fine. I promise,” I said. “I’m on it. We’ll get to the bottom of this.”

As I watched Emma walk silently away towards the car with the police officer on one side and the detective on the other, I already had my main suspect in mind. But I also knew it was always worth keeping an open mind.

I glanced over at Celeste, who was shaking hands with one of the police officers, a single tear rolling down her cheek. However, there was something icy about her look. She had the motive – jealousy – and she quite possibly had the opportunity. Celeste was nowhere to be seen during our short break until she suddenly appeared back in the tent. Maybe she had been in there all along, taking the opportunity to tamper with Emma’s chocolate fudge cake. I could only guess that some kind of fast-acting poison had been added. And, of course, there was the incident from the previous day when Emma was sure she was up to something. Then, there was the mysterious business of Celeste making an offer on Emma’s Cupcake Café. Yes, she was definitely a suspect. But

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