Morning Glory Murder by Jessica L. Randall

Author:Jessica L. Randall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery, cozy, mystery, paranormal, cozy paranormal mystery, paranormal cozy mystery, small town, small town mystery, supernatural, sleuth, amateur sleuth, murder, clean, pg, detective, women sleuths
Publisher: Jessica Randall
Published: 2019-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

When Eden woke in the morning her eyes lit on a shape curled up on the edge of her lawn. She smiled at the sight of Jack, still lying there fast asleep. Late in the evening, when it didn’t look like he planned on leaving, she’d tossed him a blanket and pillow. But the blanket had fallen off, and he looked cold, with his arms wrapped tightly around himself. Eden felt the urge to walk down there and pull the blanket snugly around him. Of course, that would undoubtedly do more harm than good. Jack was a sight best enjoyed from afar.

Eden stood and stretched, dropping her blanket over her arm. She reached down to pick up her tea mug, but it wasn’t there. She shrugged. She’d probably taken it in when she’d gone in to get the cake.

“Morning, Gabi,” Eden said.

“I don’t know what’s so good about it. I seem to have slipped down onto my face during the night. Did I miss anything good?” Her tone was teasing.

“Yeah, I kissed Jack and an anvil fell on his head,” Eden whispered.

“Was it worth it?”

Eden laughed. As she bent to pick up Gabi, she saw something bright out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head and jumped back, nearly stumbling on the stairs. “Woah!”

Jack sprung to his feet, as if he’d been ready for the first sign of trouble. “What is it?” He turned “You okay?”

“Sorry, I’m fine, but ...” She pointed at Clixie’s house.

Jack turned, and his eyes widened.

“When did Clixie have her house painted?” Eden asked. “I swear it wasn’t that way yesterday.”

Eden hurried down the steps, but getting a closer look at Clixie’s house was more difficult than she’d expected. She and Jack found themselves engaged in a kind of long-distance dance, with one of them retreating so the other could move forward. Finally they both stood in front of the house with a good twenty feet between them.

“It’s incredible,” Eden said.

Clixie’s entire house had changed from tan to yellow. The front door was a mural of a flower garden, with beetles and butterflies fluttering upward. Her white rockers had been repainted too. One was red with black spots, and two antennae poked up from the top. The other had beautiful orange and black wings attached to the back.

“How did this happen? We would have seen someone out here doing all this work,” Eden said.

“I don’t know how it happened, but Beverly’s not going to like it,” Jack said.

Eden’s smile fell away. “The covenants. Clixie’s going to get herself killed.” Fear clawed at Eden’s chest as she hurried up to the front door and knocked.

Clixie opened the door. “Eden, how nice to see you.”

Eden clasped her shaking hands behind her back and tried to smile. “It’s nice to see you, too.”

Clixie peeked outside, squinting her eyes. “Is that Jack out there?” She frowned, and her brow creased in concern. “You know, there are other young men around. You should have a relationship that doesn’t result in head trauma or broken bones.

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