Donuts & Danger: A 2nd Chance Diner Cozy Mystery (A 2nd Chance Diner Mystery Book 7) by Beth Byers

Author:Beth Byers [Byers, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2018-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

No one could find Gary, but there wasn’t really time to search for him. The police force in Silver Falls was tiny, and even with Zee calling everyone she knew and having them keep an eye out, no one had seen him.

“He must be gone,” Simon said as Zee handed Carver a chicken fried steak with extra everything. I had yet to ask him to keep the pit bulls, because I wanted to do it when Zee wasn’t around. I avoided her gaze. I suspected she’d be able to see my plan if our eyes met.

Az brought me his new flavor of waffles, it was a triple chocolate waffles and delicious, but even I felt it was a bit too sweet. I finished about four bites, before I couldn’t eat anymore.

My appetite was off. The stress of this many dogs was killing me. Jenny was more and more useless. The weird guy, Johnny, had called five more times as though I could somehow make the missing Gary call him.

We’d been able to return to home quite a few of the dogs between us and the vet’s office, but there were still more than we could logistically handle.

“So that guy drove down from Tillamook and is personally looking for Gary?” Zee asked. She slurped her chicken noodle soup as she leaned into Carver.

I nodded. We were waiting for Tom to show up and feed him, but he was late. The diner was about to close, and I wasn’t sure if I should worry about him. He was a full grown man, I told myself. And he was just driving around looking for a car. That was hardly dangerous.

“It’s weird that he’s here,” Carver said.

“I guess he promised his kid,” I told them.

“But,” Zee said, “If you include all the countryside, there’s a lot to search. Let alone, how close Neskowin and Lincoln City are. Gary could be anywhere.”

She was scowling at the customers who were lingering over their late lunch. Carmen was in the back singing and washing dishes while Roxy was clearing tables.

“Rosie luv,” Az called from the kitchen, “I think I hear your phone.”

I checked my pocket and realized that I’d left it in my bag when I’d put the Great Dane in the office. I hopped up, bussing my still full plate and then went back to the office. I missed the call, but when I grabbed my phone, I was shocked to see that I’d missed 17 calls from Tom and nearly as many from Jenny. Before I’d even made it back to the dining room, my phone was ringing again.

“Tom,” I said, “Are you all right?” The panic in my voice must have been conveyed to everyone else because both Simon and Zee rose and hovered close.

I put the phone on speaker and heard Tom say, “…od…oh my…it’s so bad.”

There was the sound of gagging and I could hear the sound of vomiting.

“What is bad? Tom, are you ok? What’s going on?”

“I found him. I found Phillip.

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