Mochas and Murder by Tegan Maher

Author:Tegan Maher [Maher, Tegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magical Words Publishing
Published: 2023-09-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Thirteen

Betsy paid her bill and left, promising to wait for my call before she met up with Edna. I was almost finished with mine when Hunter strode in, pausing to let his eyes adjust. His large frame blocked half the light that streamed around him.

“Hey, handsome!” I said when he got to me. I washed down a bite of burger with a drink of tea before I gave him a quick welcome kiss. “What’s a nice boy like you doin’ in a place like this?”

Monty, who was wiping down the bar where Betsy had eaten, cast me a sideways grin. “Probably lookin’ for trouble in the form of an ornery redhead. We all tried to warn him when he first started gazin’ at you all calf-eyed, but he wouldn’t listen to sense.”

“You hush,” I said, flapping a hand at him, then made an open-handed circle in front of me. “It’s not like all this isn’t at least partly your fault.”

Uncle Cal had brought me in here every week for lunch, and Monty was more like an uncle than just the dude who ran the local sports bar.

Rather than reply, he glanced at Hunter. “I assume you’re on duty, so Coke? And do you want a burger or wings?”

“As much as I’d like a beer, you assume right. A cold Coke will hit the spot. As far as food, I’ll have the wings.”

“Hot garlic?” Monty asked as if Hunter ever ordered anything different.

“You got it.” Hunter settled in beside me and stole a fry from my basket.

“I don’t know if you’re a brave man or a stupid one,” I said, grinning as I swatted his hand.

“Maybe a little of both,” he replied, dragging the fry through my puddle of ketchup and popping it into his piehole. “I know I’m taking my life in my hands, but I’m hungry enough that I’m willing to risk it. So, what else did you find out from Betsy?”

I smacked his fingers as he dove for another fry. “Enough that between her and Caroline, we’ve got a good lead to chase down. We need to talk to Edna before she hightails it out of town, and that meeting with Betsy’s probably the best time to catch her.”

I gave him the long-version rundown of our conversation along with what Caroline had told us, and he picked up his phone.

“Who’re you callin’?” I asked as Monty set Hunter’s wings in front of him.

“JT,” he replied, separating his wings so they’d cool faster. “I’m gonna have him go to the Hilton. Hopefully, she’s still there and he can make sure she sits tight until I can eat my burger. I’m starving, but I don’t want her anywhere near Betsy. And I don’t want her changing her mind and bolting, either.”

“I’m sure she can wait the twenty minutes it’ll take for you to scarf something down.” He had a bad habit of getting so wrapped up in his work that he’d forget to eat—something I’d never be able to claim.

While he powered through his wings, I called Betsy to let her know Hunter was going to handle things.

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