Lipstick and Lies (Murder In Style Book 2) by Gina LaManna

Author:Gina LaManna [LaManna, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: humorous mystery, janet evanovich, Sophie Kinsella, stephanie plum
Publisher: LaManna Books
Published: 2020-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

By the time we left the bathroom, the first bachelorette was up on stage and Stacey Simone was giving a run-down of the rules and regulations. I tuned the long list of do’s and don’ts out as I considered the conversation I’d had with Amy in the bathroom.

I glanced over at the poor girl who was seated at the corner-most table of the room—way to the front and off to the right. She could barely see the stage from her vantage point. A situation that had probably happened on purpose, seeing as she was still the black sheep of the Blueberry Lake bachelorettes what with her brand-new stamp of residency.

Amy’s hands shook as she sipped her glass of champagne, and she looked pale. I felt a teensy bit bad for cornering her over her best friend’s death at an event that was supposed to be fun and light and lively, but the opportunity had been too good to pass up. Plus, Shania Boot deserved justice. I just hoped some of Amy’s information would prove helpful.

Tomorrow, I planned to buy the cheapest car I could afford from Eddie (that wasn’t riddled with bullet holes), and then take it straight to Chris Tucker for a onceover. I wasn’t too keen to hear all that would be wrong with my shiny new vehicle, but I did want a chance to get a read on Chris.

After that, I might need to pay another visit to the Butternut Babes salon—or at least find an excuse to bump into Ellen again. What I would say to her, I wasn’t sure. But if I could dig around a bit about Shania’s plans to branch out in her own salon, maybe it would trigger a reaction in Ellen. Either way, a scorned lover or a scorned business partner both had a motive for murder. The question was—who’d followed through on it?

“And we’ll have a surprise at the end for you all,” Stacey said from the stage. “But for now, let’s get started. Bachelorette number one is a Blueberry Lake local. You may know her as Heidi Trimble. She graduated twenty-second in her class—”

“Of twenty-three,” May leaned over and whispered in my ear. “They’re really stretching on that one.”

Despite her lack of academic achievements at Blueberry Lake High, the thirty-four-year-old bank teller was auctioned off to a firefighter three tables over from us for three hundred bucks.

“Not too shabby,” Allie said. “Dang. If I go for less than a hundred, I’m burying my head in the sand. I’m pulling an ostrich for a month. You’ll have to cover for me at the shop, Jenna. Tell your mother goodbye from me.”

“You’ll do great,” May said. “Harry Hart would be stupid not to bid on you. And anyway, you have nothing to worry about. I’m maxing out at fifty bucks.”

The auction continued with Stacey Simone leading the bachelorettes on stage one by one. And one by one, the men raised their paddles and shouted numbers in an almost comical way, raising money for charity with each smack of Stacey’s gavel.

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