Killer Cheesecake Tart by Carolyn Q Hunter

Author:Carolyn Q Hunter [Hunter, Carolyn Q]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2018-05-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

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Caught red-handed, Bert took a step back in surprise. Sarah Ikerson stood in the doorway, a surprised look of her own on her face. Her mouth sat in an O shape for a second while she processed the fact that some random caterer was in the office.

Bert stood statue still, wondering just what to do next. If Sarah truly had killed her employer, what would she do to Bert having found her snooping in the office? If she wasn’t the killer, then who was?

Finally, the young woman found her words. “Excuse me. What are you doing up here?”

Bert opened her mouth to speak, trying to formulate the right words. She could feel her face growing hot and likely turning red. “I hate to admit this, but I was just being a bit of a busybody,” she told the girl truthfully all while playing the part of a silly old lady, going as far as to fretfully wring her hands together.

In response, Sarah only raised a curious eyebrow as if silently asking for details about what Bert meant.

Taking the cue, she stepped forward so she was face to face with the woman and lowered her voice to a whisper. “I just had to hear what the police detective was saying about this whole thing, and would you know it, he thinks this is a murder,” she gasped as if totally taken aback by that news herself.

Sarah didn’t respond, not immediately anyway. Her eyelids fell to slits, almost as if she were trying to read Bert’s face. “You know? I’m not surprised if she was murdered.”

“You’re not? Wow. I thought you’d be devastated, seeing as you were her personal secretary and all,” Bert pointed out.

“You’d think,” she groaned, walking past Bert and further into the office. Opening drawers on the desk, she started taking things out and stacking them together. “You’d also think that a woman I’ve worked for over ten years and lived with would have more of a heart than to fire me on the spot for a technicality that was probably her fault.”

“You lived here with her?” she pressed, interested to hear that her original theory held true.

“Ever since she hired me on, yes. I was more than a secretary to her. Every waking moment was dedicated to that woman. We did business together, planned events together, ate together. Heck, we even did recreational activities together. You’d think all of that meant something,” she grumbled unhappily, the first signs of emotion showing through.

For a second, Bert could swear there were tears building up, but they were quickly forced back as Sarah slapped some paperwork together in a pile.

“So, you’re packing up?” Bert asked.

“I just finished shoving my clothes into a suitcase. Now, I’m gathering my other things together and leaving.”

“But Vera Blackwell was just murdered. Doesn’t that mean something?” Bert pressed on, surprised by the young woman’s complete lack of emotion in this situation.

“If I still thought she cared about me, even a little, it may have been different.

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