Death in Room 7 (Pine Lake Inn Cozy Mystery Book 1) by K.J. Emrick

Author:K.J. Emrick [Emrick, K.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Coast Publishing
Published: 2015-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Saturdays in Lakeshore are just like Saturdays most everywhere else in Australia, I suppose.

The town becomes a lazy backdrop of people walking dogs and mowing lawns and just strolling the streets. ‘Course, some folks still have to work. The Inn doesn’t run itself, for instance. The police force is in the middle of a murder investigation—well, another murder investigation, I suppose I should say. Lakeshore’s becoming just like Adelaide in South Australia.

Well. Hopefully not that bad.

I had taken an early lunch, letting Rosie know I was going into town and leaving the “Please request help from the staff” sign on the registration desk. Rosie hadn’t said anything to me but I could tell from her expression that she understood how Jess’s death was weighing on me. She was being a good friend, letting me have space when I needed it.

The fresh air off the lakes was sweet in my lungs. I could hear it rustling the pines all around. People smiled and waved a greeting to me in passing. Some of them, the ones who knew me better or who were just bigger snoops than the others, stopped me to ask about the murder in my Inn. I was polite enough, but I’m sure they all got the hint that I didn’t want to talk about it. None of the conversations lasted long.

This was my own little walkabout, I suppose. Time to clear my head and think. Maybe something would occur to me that would put the whole mess into perspective and help me make sense out of the death of one of my oldest friends.

On Main Street, past the fountain, I suddenly found myself wandering by Jonas Albright’s church. I’m not sure if I’d planned the route out or if my feet just took me where they thought I wanted to go. I’m not a churchgoer, mind you. My Catholicism lapsed years ago. Sometime around when my husband left me, actually. Maybe that wasn’t God’s fault. I just couldn’t bring myself to face Him with so much anger in my heart.

But that was then, and this is now, as they say. Right now I could sort of use some spiritual guidance. Pastor Jonas Albright might just have an answer or two that I was missing.

The church was a one story building with a high peaked roof that was in need of repair. Shingles were loose in more than one spot. The soffit was loose around that one corner, and it probably hadn’t seen a fresh coat of paint in five years or more. Lakeshore has only a small congregation. Hard to draw funds for repairs when there weren’t that many hands giving.

A wooden cross made from crooked pine tree limbs was fixed above the front door. The place was simple and honest in its faith. I’ve always liked that about Pastor Albright. Not a lot of us here in Lakeshore make use of his sermons, but he still struggles on, ministering to those who want to hear and those who need to hear besides.

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