Mistletoe Cake Murder by Lena Gregory

Author:Lena Gregory [Gregory, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2021-06-19T13:19:37+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Gia wiped down the butcher block counter-top on the island in the center of the café’s kitchen. She’d just finished dicing potatoes for home fries and still had to cut up the peppers and onions. She set the giant stainless-steel bowl of potatoes on the counter beside the sink and got to work chopping vegetables. If she did not only enough for the home fries, but for omelets the next morning too, she’d save herself prep time later.

Savannah stuck her head through the doorway and held up a credit card. “Hey, Gia, got a sec?”

“Sure.” She tossed the rag into the hamper. “What’s up?”

“Jeremy Nolan is out front. He just finished dinner with a friend”—her disapproving lifted brow told Gia it was a female friend—“and tried to pay with this.” The credit card she handed Gia had Robyn Hackman’s name on the front.

When she turned it over, Robyn’s signature was on the back. “Hmm.”

“What do you want me to do?” Savannah worried her bottom lip.

A quick glance at the grill told her Cole had everything under control. “Don’t worry about it. I’ve got it.”

Savannah nodded and left.

Gia followed her out and approached the register where Jeremy waited alone. “I’m sorry, sir, but there seems to be a mistake?”

“What do you mean?” He frowned and glanced at Savannah, who was refilling cake dishes with muffins and discreetly eavesdropping.

He didn’t seem to recognize her, so Gia didn’t say anything about recognizing him from the tasting. Better to see what he was trying to do first. She held up the card. If he tried to say he was Robyn Hackman, she’d call Hunt and let him deal with it. “This credit card. It’s in the name Robyn Hackman.”

“Oh…I…uh…” He studied her for a moment, his mouth and eyes wide in a horrified expression that seemed a bit too practiced. She could almost imagine him in front of the mirror perfecting it. Then he went for a sheepish smile. “I am so sorry. It’s my fiance’s card. I must have given you the wrong one by mistake.”

“No problem. Mistakes happen.” Though she had a feeling he knew exactly what he was doing.

He pulled his wallet out of his pocket and handed her a card with his name on the front.

“Thank you.” She rang the purchase with no problem, but now what to do? Should she return Robyn’s card to him or keep it and give it to Hunt? She really didn’t have the right to confiscate it, and it could well have been a mistake. She handed both cards back to him, had him sign, and wished him a good day. She’d just tell Hunt about the incident and let him decide what, if anything, to do about it.

“Well?” Savannah appeared at her side the instant the door fell shut behind Jeremy. “What do you think?”

“Honestly?” She watched him climb into a car out front, with a woman waiting for him in the passenger seat. “I think he tried to get away with

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