Mansions Can Be Murder by Willow Monroe

Author:Willow Monroe [Monroe, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: murder death, cozy mystery, mystery book, mystery and suspense, Mystery, thriller suspense
Goodreads: 24414332
Publisher: Betsy Belle Books
Published: 2015-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

There was another grunt and someone was on the bed. A hand covered her mouth.

“Gemma, it’s me,” someone was saying. “Stop screaming, it’s me. Holly.”

Realization set in and Gemma stopped struggling. Holly removed her hand, knelt on the bed beside her friend and turned on the lamp.

“You scared the life out of me,” Gemma gasped, still shaking.

“Well, you scared me, too,” Holly said.

There was a loud knock at the door. “Ms. Stone? Ms. Blake?”

“And I think we might have scared him, too,” Gemma said, stifling a nervous giggle.

Holly opened the door. “It’s okay, officer,” she said, allowing him into the room while she explained the commotion. “We just scared each other. I think all of our nerves are at the breaking point.”

“Yes, sir,” Gemma assured him. “We’re okay.”

The young officer that Gemma recognized from earlier looked around the room and even in the bathroom before deciding it was safe to leave them alone.

“Thank you for checking on us,” Holly said, closing the door behind him.

“Oh, God, he probably thinks we’re idiots,” Gemma said, pulling the covers up over head. “I am so embarrassed.”

Holly laughed as well and crawled into her bed. “So, we’re all good now, right?”

“All good,” Gemma said, sinking back down into the warmth of the bed. “Did you and Mitch have a good dinner?”

“Yes. Hey, when are we going dress shopping? I want you to help me pick out bridesmaid dresses. And, your dress, of course,” Holly asked.

Gemma smiled. “Remember when we were little girls and how we talked about being the maid of honor in each other’s weddings?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Most people never get the chance to live out that kind of fantasy,” Gemma told her friend. “We’re so lucky.”

“We are indeed,” Holly agreed. “Best friends. A successful business and I’m getting married in six months.”

“To a wonderful guy,” Gemma added.

“To a wonderful guy,” Holly echoed, her voice taking on a dreamy tone.

They were quiet for a while.

“You know all you would have to do is say the word and it could be a double wedding. Nick would jump at the chance,” Holly said, propping herself up on one elbow so she could look at Gemma.

“I know but I want to be sure,” Gemma told her. She’d been over that a thousand times in her head.

“I’m sure it’s hard to decide with hunky Ross Ferguson in the picture as well,” Holly added.

“It is. But if I was meant to be with Nick, then Ross wouldn’t even be on my radar,” Gemma said.

“Or your Hunk-O-Meter,” Holly said and burst into giggles.

Gemma joined her and it was a long time before they finally settled down. She turned out the lamp and soon she heard Holly’s soft, even breathing as her friend drifted off into sleep, no doubt dreaming of her upcoming wedding.

Lying there in the dark, Gemma’s thoughts returned to the events of the day and what she knew about the murder so far. The wrong number on the back of her business card had simply been a fluke, but it was one that might get her in deep trouble.

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