Measured Mayhem by Jessica Beck

Author:Jessica Beck
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bake cook food eat donut mystery cozy jessica beck, clean traditional
Publisher: Cozy Publishing
Published: 2019-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

“I JUST HEARD THE NEWS,” Lee said as he swung his legs off the tailgate and approached us. “I’m so sorry you had to go through finding her like that, Autumn. What were you doing back at the house, anyway? I thought you told me that you’d never step foot in that place again.” There was almost a tone of hurt recrimination in his voice as he said it.

“I had to speak with Cecile,” she explained. “I don’t really want to talk about it.”

I looked at Autumn and frowned, which she caught. “How did you hear about what happened?” I asked him.

“I was at the Blue Ridge Café when Deputy Pickens showed up and told Davis all about it,” he explained. “Listen, Suzanne, we need to respect Autumn’s wishes. If she doesn’t want to talk about it, then she shouldn’t have to listen to me, either.”

I smiled at him, but I had to force it. Was Autumn going to miss my signal and blow this opportunity? I hoped not.

“You know, maybe it would do me some good to discuss it after all,” she said. I offered her a quick smile. She’d caught on after all. “When was the last time you saw her, Lee?”

“Like I told you before, I was over at your old place early this morning.”

“What else were you doing there?” Autumn asked. “Besides getting ready to change the locks, I mean.”

“This and that; just a bunch of little nitpicky stuff,” he said reluctantly. “You know how Mrs. Marbury was. Everything had to be just so. I did my best to look out for you and the way you like things to be.”

“I appreciate that,” Autumn said as she touched his arm lightly for a moment. He looked at her hand on him and then smiled for just a split second. Oh yes, this guy was smitten, there was no doubt about it. The only question was how far would he go to get the fair maiden?

“It was nothing,” he said as she pulled her hand back.

“Did that leave the rest of your day free?” I asked him. We didn’t have anywhere near an exact time of death, making getting an alibi from anyone problematic, but I wanted to see if he had one ready, just in case he needed it.

“I wish. No, I’ve got a list a mile long of folks waiting to get work done. Being handy is a lost art these days. I’m never lacking work.”

“What exactly did you do?” I asked. “Your line of work fascinates me.” When I saw that he was curious why I was so intent on getting an answer, I had to make something up on the spot. “My husband is thinking about becoming a handyman himself,” I said. It wasn’t a total lie. Jake had mentioned it once in passing, though he’d quickly dismissed it. Still, he had thought about it, if only briefly.

“It’s good work, but you have to be able to do a lot of things well,” Lee said a little proudly.

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