Home Sweet Murder by Eliza Brookes

Author:Eliza Brookes [Brookes, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Wait, you were serious?” Allegra asked incredulously. Ray was standing outside her bedroom with his arms folded over his chest. He nodded vigorously, which when paired with his long, thin neck made him look like a chicken.

“We are booked full for the scrap-booking workshop. A whole week of intense scrap-booking.”

“Look, can you please stop saying that?” Allegra asked, starting to feel annoyed.

“What?” he asked, looking confused.

“Sky diving is intense, rock climbing is intense, why?” Allegra ranted loudly, “because if you get it wrong, you can die. Scrap booking, the art of gluing things to paper, is not intense!” A couple walking up the stairs stopped to glare at her and Ray looked like she had just insulted his mother.

“I wouldn’t expect you to understand,” he grumbled, glaring at her angrily. “I still need you to vacate the room. We are fully booked.”

“Are you sure?” Allegra asked desperately, “There’s nowhere else to stay in town.”

“I’m sure,” he said primly, still glaring at her. She sighed and nodded at him before turning away to begin packing.

A few minutes later, she was out in the street with her backpack. She was used to moving from place to place, so she packed lightly. But this time felt different. She knew that if she didn’t find a place to stay soon, she would have to leave. She found that the thought of leaving the little town made her feel sad. Although her great-aunt wasn’t here anymore, she still had a lot to do. If she was being honest with herself, she wondered how easy it would be to leave once they found the murderer.

“Well, this is a sorry sight,” a deep voice interrupted her thoughts. She looked up to see Jason strolling toward her. He was sporting a slight stubble today, making him look more mature and highlighting the contours of his chiseled jawline.

“Not as sorry as your face,” she mumbled half-heartedly.

“Very mature,” he said smirking, raising an eyebrow. He reached out and ruffled her hair, grinning when she glared at him.

“I’ve been kicked out,” she admitted forlornly, looking at the Inn. A few days ago, she had turned her nose up at it, but now she wished she could get a few more days. She knew she had to leave eventually, but her mind had been so wrapped up in what was going on that she completely forgot about finding a place to stay.

“What did you do?” Jason joked, nudging her arm in an attempt to cheer her up.

“I insulted scrap-booking,” she admitted, shaking her head at her rash actions. Jason let out a low whistle and shook his head.

“Yeah, that would do it. Ray lives for scrap-booking.”

“This is the type of information you tell a person before they insult the inn keeper,” Allegra chastised, pulling on the straps of her backpack.

“What are you going to do now?” Jason asked sympathetically, “Are you going to leave again?” Allegra gave him a strange look and stared at the Inn thoughtfully.

“I don’t want to leave yet,” she told him.

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