Mint Chocolate Chip Mysteries, Books 1-3 by Emmie Lyn

Author:Emmie Lyn [Lyn, Emmie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Whiskered Mysteries
Published: 2021-02-17T22:00:00+00:00

17

Ashley led the way to her apartment right next to Hitch’s and opened the door for us.

Inside, she dropped her bag and shrugged out of her light jacket. Pip bolted ahead and wasted no time sniffing around the room.

I glanced around behind Ashley. The layout matched Hitch’s apartment, but the atmosphere felt like a dungeon instead of his bright cheery space. Her curtains were closed, the furniture was crowded together, and the walls were covered with dark posters.

What had Dani and I walk into?

“So,” Ashley said, as she plopped onto a black chair, crossed her legs, and looked like someone ready to share some juicy gossip. All she needed was a bowl of popcorn and a cold drink to make the scene complete. “Sit down and tell me about your friend.”

Since Dani had never met Ginger, I jumped in. “It’s hard to talk about her,” I said, adding a sniffle for effect. “You know, we just planned to have a fun weekend.” I scooched to the edge of my chair. “Did you actually see her?”

Pip finished exploring and jumped onto Dani’s lap. Ashley recoiled and said, “Is your dog, like, housetrained? I don’t want any piddles on my floor.”

“No worries,” Dani said. “Pip goes everywhere with me and never has an accident. It’s interesting,” she added, “Pip kind of adopted me after her previous owner was murdered.”

Ashley’s mouth fell open. “That’s just creepy. Kind of like what I heard when I was in my kitchen. You know, it’s only separated from Hitch’s kitchen by a wall, and you wouldn’t believe what I hear. I don’t think he knows that.” She smirked.

What else did she hear from Hitch’s kitchen? Talk about creepy. Ashley held the medal for that title in my opinion.

“So, anyway,” she said flapping her hands around like little windmills. “It was like I had people right in here with me when that woman in Hitch’s kitchen screamed. ‘what are you doing here?’ Of course, I stopped getting my snack ready and listened. Who wouldn’t?”

“And that woman was Ginger?” I asked.

Ashley sat back with a satisfied expression. “It must have been.”

“Who was she talking to?”

“Well,” she sat forward again. “This is the interesting part. I saw Tilly Morris, an old busybody in town, let herself into Hitch’s apartment.” She paused to look at Dani, then me. “And I never saw her leave. I think she was, like, hiding inside waiting to kill that woman.”

“You think?” I said.

“Well, it makes sense. I saw her go in. A while later I heard the scream. It doesn’t take a detective to put all that together.”

Well, actually it does take a lot of detective work to put facts together. Concrete evidence, not thoughts and assumptions. But apparently, Ashley wasn’t concerned about those minor details.

“You told all that to Officer Walker, just like you told us?” I asked.

“Pretty much. What do you think? You guys were Ginger’s friends.”

Oh right, I’d forgotten about our little charade. “I wonder what the motive for murder was. I

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