Digging For Trouble by K J Emrick

Author:K J Emrick [Emrick, K J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Coast Publishing
Published: 2015-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I had James bring me home, to the Inn, dodging his questions the whole way. I gave him as much as I thought I could, because James really is a good guy, and he’s not looking to railroad anyone, and besides it would be all over town in a few hours that Myles Sinclair had been arrested for attacking Arthur Loren. No need to keep that part a secret. Or how Bruce Kay was holding him without any evidence.

The rest of it I kept to myself.

Arthur Loren had a daughter. He owned a strategic bit of land around Gallipoli Lake. He had something in jars that was important enough for someone to break in and steal.

Oh. And people had died at my Inn.

Well. Other than Jess, I mean. Of course, James already knew that part.

That got me to thinking, though. If Jess died at my Inn, and her spirit was still hanging around, what about the other poor blokes who got themselves dead there? Were they ghosts, too?

Was that what was going on with Lachlan Halliburton? The, uh, vision I’d seen... was it really his ghost I saw?

“You all right?” James asked. His car had stopped. We were back at the Inn.

The sun was up above the trees now. On the dash of James’s car, the clock read seven-fifty-three. Still early. I stretched and tried to hide a yawn behind my hand. “Guess I’m tired.”

Leaning across, he cupped my cheek in his hand and pulled me closer to kiss my lips. “You were asleep by eleven,” he teased.

“Maybe I’m getting old,” I suggested.

He shook his head, the tip of his nose brushing against mine. “You? Old? Never happen, Dell Powers.”

That was exactly the right answer.

After a few more little kisses I beg off, knowing that I really just want to spend the day with him but also knowing that I needed to give my Inn some personal attention before Rosie got to thinking I was dumping my responsibilities.

Not that I would. There’s just so much going on right now.

I must’ve spoke that last thought out loud, because suddenly James wrapped his arm around me and held me tight to him. “Come find me tonight, and maybe I can make things a bit better.”

“Yes, please.”

Now there’s something to look forward to.

The Inn is just coming alive inside. Rosie and her kitchen staff and the other employees are rushing about in the dining room, serving breakfast to the early risers. A few locals are filtering in also, but most of the guests will probably be asleep for another hour or two. That’s the fun bit about being a tourist, I suppose. Sleep in as late as you want.

In behind the registration desk, I find a few notes from the staff. Little things that need attention. Reorder toilet paper seems to be top of the list. Heh. Sure can understand that one. No one had checked out since yesterday, no one had checked in, except of course for—

“Excuse me.”

Denice Aldrich. She was

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