Killer Instincts and Savory Pie by Angela C Blackmoore

Author:Angela C Blackmoore [Blackmoore, Angela C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The mayor’s offices were located in a beautiful, two-story brick building with white colonial trim and graceful column’s in the front. Abby had mixed feelings about the building. The architecture was breathtaking, but this was also the first place she’d met Senator Clark. All by himself, the senator sent chills up and down her spine, and that was before she had learned about their dark history.

Kat Morgan, who had formerly been known as Katherine Moore Clark, had been the first Morgan to settle here in Red Pine Falls. She had fled her marriage from the brutal Eustace Clark in Boston in 1902, traveling by ship until arriving at the Port of Portland months later and changing her name. Kat’s grandfather had managed to send her away with a fortune in gold, as well as a will and several deeds that Kat had never been able to claim.

Abby and her grandmother Hazel had found Kat’s diary and the other paperwork hidden in one of the massive chests of gold hidden in the bowels of their house not so long ago. They’d brought in their lawyer, Robert Carrington to help. A man that it had turned out was related to Billy Carrington, a teenage boy who had been instrumental in helping Kat escape. He had been forced to part with her to lead Eustice and his men away from her whereabouts. Eventually, Billy became a lawyer in Chicago. Robert was the last in a long line of Carrington lawyers, all of which served the Morgan household in secret. Hazel and Abby had not yet heard what Robert might be able to do with the secret will and deeds, but they hoped they might hear something soon.

Lost in thought, Abby wasn’t paying attention when the front door to the municipal building opened, almost smacking Abby in the face. It was only through the quick hands of Gabe that it didn’t, making her blink in surprise even as the grey-haired mayor jumped and apologized profusely for the near accident.

“Abby! My word!” Mayor Tomlin said. “I wasn’t even paying attention when I was opening the door. I’m so sorry! Are you okay?”

“Yes, mayor, I’m fine thanks to Gabe,” Abby said, watching as the white-haired man hobbled backward. He was still recovering from falling out of his home’s second story window. Despite the accident, she was thankful for it, since it had saved him from being murdered. “How is everything healing?” she said, gesturing at his legs.

“Oh, fine, fine,” he said, waving his hand dismissively. “It’s still slow going, but I’m managing to get around now, at least. Bob still checks on me a few times a week, just to make sure I’m taking care of myself. He said he might be coming by tonight with some burgers which I’m quite looking forward too.”

Abby frowned. “Mayor, didn’t you hear about what happened today?”

Mayor Tomlin copied Abby’s frown and shook his head. “No, what happened?”

Gabe finished pulling the door all the way open. “Maybe we had

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