Fool Me Once (A Piper Harris Mystery, Volume 2) by Deany Ray

Author:Deany Ray [Ray, Deany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Now Edie almost fainted for real.

I caught her just in time and I reacted fast. “Ryker, why the hell are you scaring us?” I asked. “We were just watching some movie clip. Of some crime movie. Someone just got shot. But I don’t think we’re liking this one, so we’re probably going to look for some good old rom-com.”

I watched him and hoped he would buy it. I was betting on the fact that he only half heard the shooting, and me planting the lie of crime movie in his mind would make it all believable.

I elbowed Edie.

She seemed to come out of the shock and nodded her head, making her white curls bob along. “Ryker, are you trying to give me a heart attack? Why the heck are you coming in without knocking? Just as we were watching this movie scene with the shooting. You really picked a good time.”

I almost burst out laughing. Edie was so good when she put her mind to it. And also, she was preaching to Ryker about letting himself in? After she did that at Gran’s house? Now that was hilarious.

Ryker almost blushed. He cleared his throat. “Grams, I’m sorry, I just . . . I did knock but there was no answer, so I just tried the door. I’m sorry I scared you.”

Edie stood from the table, pushing Lloyd’s phone toward me, and she gave Ryker a hug. I took that as a sign for me to slip the phone into my pocket. Edie was such a good weasel when she had to be.

“Do you want some pie?” Edie asked Ryker. “It’s peach.”

“I could never say no to your peach pie,” Ryker said.

I took that as my cue to leave, although I had a burning desire to talk to Edie about what we’d just heard. But as usual, Ryker had the knack for ruining such beautiful moments.

Just as I stood from the table, Edie nudged me to sit back down. “Piper, I’m sure you want a second piece of pie, right?”

Ryker was staring at me, and he didn’t exactly have a welcoming facial expression. He turned to Edie and said, “Actually, I need to talk to you.” He paused. “Alone.”

“Talk to me alone?” Edie asked. “About Tammy and Lloyd?”

Ryker nodded.

“Then Piper can stay,” Edie said. “She knows about everything, so you can talk freely.”

I saw Ryker hesitating.

“Look, Edie, you don’t need to put Ryker in this position,” I said. “I can respect that he doesn’t—”

Edie put her hand up. “Let’s not play coy. Ryker, you know I’m going to tell Piper everything you tell me, and Piper, you know I’m going to come over and tell you everything Ryker told me. So let’s just be efficient and cut to the chase. Now both of you sit down and eat your pie.”

I smiled and did as requested. Ryker smiled too although I could tell he tried to hide it.

“Does anybody need coffee?” Edie asked.

Ryker and I both shook our heads. But we did dig into the peach pie.

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