Grave Consequences by Lena Gregory

Author:Lena Gregory
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beyond the Page Publishing

Chapter Thirteen

As soon as Cass ushered Loretta and poor Stanley out the door, she returned to the table, dropped into her own chair, folded her arms on the table, and rested her head. “I need a shower.”

“Whining, Cass, really?” Bee didn’t bother to look up from his pages. “Not very becoming.”

“I don’t care. I’m having a bad day.” And it had barely even started.

“There, there, sweetie.” Bee patted her shoulder. “Maybe this will help.”

She turned her head to look at him but lacked the energy to pick it up. “What’s that?”

He lifted the stack of papers he’d been so engrossed in and held them out to Cass. “This journal is fascinating.”

“As evidenced by all the drama while I was trying to help a customer.”

“Drama? What drama?”

Since she couldn’t tell for sure if the innocent routine was real or a ploy, Cass kept the eye roll in her imagination. She wanted to hear what had him so hooked, and if he was annoyed with her, he’d make her find out for herself. She didn’t have the energy for that. “I don’t have time to read it all, so why don’t you give me the highlights?”

“Okay.” Bee settled more comfortably, crossing his legs and turning toward her to hook one arm over the chair back. He left the pages on the table. “This really is such a tragic story. If it’s portrayed correctly, it would make an intriguing story for a tour.”

Cass sat up, her curiosity aroused.

“The journal belonged to Kitty Garrison. Her father, Samuel, was the original Bay Island lighthouse keeper, and Kitty lived in the keeper’s house with him, his wife, Eleanor, and a scattering of sisters whose names I don’t remember, of which she was the oldest.”

“Does it say how old Kitty was when she wrote it?” Cass got up and got a brush from her bag. Since it seemed like Bee was just getting warmed up, she had a feeling it was going to be a long story, and no way was she greeting another customer in her current state.

Bee got up and followed her to the back room, carrying the transcription with him. “No, and it’s not dated either, but the writing sounds young, though kind of mature. I’d guess no later than late teens, early twenties at the oldest.”

Cass raised a brow at him. “How’d you come to that conclusion?”

He shrugged and flipped through the pages he’d bookmarked with Post-it notes. “She never mentions school, though the entries start during the autumn months and go through the winter. Yet, she doesn’t seem to have much experience with boys, mentions that she hasn’t ever met someone she connected with like she does Thomas.”

“Thomas is the pirate?”

“Mm-hmm.” He shifted through the bookmarked pages.

Cass took one look in the mirror above the bathroom sink, braced herself, and yanked the brush through the tangled, sticky mess. As much as she’d love to wash it, she couldn’t be sure when another customer might come in, and after staying closed so long

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