Hero Bear by Scarlett Grove

Author:Scarlett Grove [Grove, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

As Sunshine and Harrison finished their meal, they both realized neither of them could stop thinking about who started the fire.

“I want to get to the bottom of this,” she said. “I hate that someone tried to sabotage my best friend’s wedding.”

“I have a list of suspects myself,” Harrison admitted.

“So far mine are: angry mother-in-law, crazy ex-girlfriend, disgruntled groundskeeper, and local arsonist.”

“You’re way ahead of me. I just knew about the groundskeeper and the mom.”

“Want to help me stir the pot?” she asked with a sly smile.

“Of course. Do you even need to ask?” She didn’t.

“I asked around and found out Roger Ringer got a job at Fate Valley Landscaping after he was fired,” Harrison said, smiling at her as he drove down the highway fifteen minutes later.

Sunshine felt a sense of anxiety thrumming in her chest and vibrating down into her stomach. She was nervous and giddy at the same time. It was as if they were doing something naughty by investigating the crime. But she felt like she owed it to her friend to get to the bottom of it.

If it had been the groundskeeper, then it didn't have anything to do with Melody and Kirk. If it was the mom or the ex-girlfriend, then that was a bigger problem for Melody. Sunshine had come out here to support her friend on her wedding day. Solving this crime was just another part of it.

They drove through town under a bright clear sky, the Christmas lights twinkling from the bows of trees and the windows of the quaint shops. The fresh snow had melted on the roads already and the sun was warm overhead. Harrison turned music on the radio and they sang together as he drove. He turned down a side road and then pulled into the parking lot outside of Fate Valley Landscaping.

"Are you ready for this?" he asked.

"Why not?” she said, feeling nervous, but not wanting to say so. It wasn’t as if she could hide anything from him anymore.

They slipped out of the car and she shoved her hands in her pockets against the cold. Harrison slipped his arm through her elbow and they walked side-by-side into the front door of the landscaping company. A middle-aged woman with horn-rimmed glasses, red lipstick, and a beehive hairdo looked up at them when they entered the office.

"How can I help you?" she asked.

"We're looking for Roger Ringer," Harrison announced.

"Has he done something wrong already?" the woman asked.

"Nothing like that," Harrison said.

"He's been nothing but trouble since he started working here. Comes to work drunk almost every day. If he hadn't worked for Fate Rock Chapel for the last fifteen years, there's no way I would've hired him."

"Can you tell us where he is today?" Harrison asked.

The woman looked down at her watch and then at her paperwork.

“He’s supposed to be out at the Simpson’s estate clearing snow, but Lord knows where he really is,” she said.

"Would it be all right if we headed out there and asked him a few questions?”

"Well, I wouldn't try to stop you.

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