Macchiatos and Murder (Cup of Jo 1) by Kelly Hashway

Author:Kelly Hashway [Hashway, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kelly Hashway

Chapter Eleven

Mo googled Alec Whitaker at dinner, but I didn’t recognize him. He could have been in Cup of Jo on Monday with the rest of the crowd, but he didn’t stand out to me. It’s also possible that Alec never came inside the shop at all. He could have slipped that fish oil into Sherman’s drink outside on the street under the pretense of holding the drink for him or even hugging Sherman. Though that wouldn’t explain the capsule that was found on the floor of Cup of Jo. Really, I can’t make sense of any of it.

So this morning, I’m driving to Cam’s kitchen so we can go talk to Rachel again and see if she met up with her dad before he left town. But as I’m driving down Main Street, my eyes go to the police tape in front of Cup of Jo and then to Bouquets of Love, Samantha’s flower shop, next door. I pull into a parking spot and cut the engine.

Samantha is wearing a green apron over her stylish satin top and black pants, and she’s arranging a bouquet in a crystal vase. She looks up and smiles at me. “Oh, hi, Jo. Did they let you go back to work? Quentin didn’t mention it to me.”

“No. I’m on my way to meet Cam, but I wanted to come by and see you first.”

“That’s nice.” She keeps working as if our conversation is over.

“Did Quentin say anything to you about the case?”

“Which case?” she asks, finishing the bouquet and walking back to the register. She sniffs a bunch of flowers beside the register. “He bought me flowers. How sweet is he?”

Yeah, because working in a flower shop, she never has any of those. “Nice,” I say. “So he didn’t talk to you about Sherman Cromwell and who might have murdered him?”

“Nope. Quentin doesn’t like to talk about work at the end of the day.”

Funny, he used to give me more details than I ever wanted. Maybe he didn’t know what else to talk about with me. I whip out my phone and pull up the picture of Alec Whitaker. “Samantha, do you remember seeing this man in Cup of Jo with you Monday morning?”

“Not in your shop, but he was here.”

“He was?”

She nods. “He ordered a bouquet of lilies in assorted colors.” She rifles through some sales slips. “I remember because he didn’t want his receipt, and he paid in cash.” She shows me the receipt.

“Do you know who he ordered the lilies for?” I ask.

“Yes, I do. I wrote out the card.”

I wait, but she doesn’t supply any more information. “Great. Can you tell me?”

“Oh, sure. It was for Gwen.”

“As in Gwendolyn Cromwell?”

She bobs her head.

“Did you tell Quentin about this?”

“No. Why?”

I can’t believe I have to spell this out for her. “Don’t you think it’s strange that he sent a bouquet of flowers to a woman right before her husband was murdered?”

“Not really. I mean everyone knows Alec Whitaker only met Sherman Cromwell through Gwen.

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