Fruit Basket Upset: A Taylor Quinn Quilt Shop Mystery by Tess Rothery

Author:Tess Rothery [Rothery, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-30T22:00:00+00:00

The next morning Graham made breakfast in the kitchen of the almost abandoned house on Love Street.

Taylor called the sheriff to file a missing person’s report. She asked for Sheriff Rousseau directly, knowing he would be both the most likely to holler at her for interfering, and the most likely to take her request seriously.

She wasn’t thrilled to settle for Serge, a deputy she didn't know very well at all. He listened quietly. “Asha Szkolaski? Good God, what's happened to Zsa Zsa?”

“Zsa Zsa?” Taylor repeated.

“Just a nickname. I went to school with her. How long has she been missing?”

Taylor explained that she hadn't shown up for dinner, making it sound as though she and Graham had been planning a double date.

“I'd do anything for Zsa Zsa. She’s a great girl, seriously. But we can't do anything about someone who's just been gone one night. Especially not a grown woman.

“There's more to the story,” Taylor said. “It has to do with the murder of Molly Kay.”

Serge’s voice dropped, both grim and frosty, “Continue.”

“See, um… Asha was using the same dating service. A Friend of Coco, and she asked specifically to go out with one of the men Molly had been seeing. Something about wanting to do a kind of a consolation date.”

“Taylor Quinn.” He made her name sound like a curse word. “Did you put her up to that?”

“I did talk to her, as I knew they were friends, but she called me. You know Graham Dawson, the journalist? He and I were supposed to be there to watch her. To make sure it was safe. But right after the movie ended and before the dinner, we lost track of them. I don't know where they are. I don't know how to contact them…” She stopped midsentence. Her first instinct had been to call the sheriff to protect her friend. But Serge was right. There was no way they were going to look for her yet. “Never mind. I'm calling Coco.” Taylor let out a sharp breath.

“If anything happened to Zsa Zsa,” Serge growled. “Never mind.” He cleared his throat. “We've been trying to come up with a reason to get Coco down here for several days now. If nothing else, this is a reason. You and Graham come down too. I want all of you here. And trust me, the sheriff will know.”

Taylor hung up before Serge could issue any more directions and stared at Graham.

He set a plate of scrambled eggs in front of her. “That doesn't sound like it went well.”

“We've been invited down for a chat.”

“At least I can use it for research. Eat up. You know how they are about lunch down there.”

The last thing her stomach wanted to do this morning was eat, as it was clenched in fear. But she did know how they were about lunch and forced her way through the scrambled eggs, orange juice, and toast. She hadn't done anything illegal, but that was no reason for Sheriff Rousseau to go easy on her.

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