Mother's Day Murder (Holiday Cozy Mystery Book 2) by Tonya Kappes

Author:Tonya Kappes [Kappes, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tonya Kappes Books
Published: 2022-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Mama and I had gotten a ride back to the Jubilee Inn from Curtis in his hearse. Not like it was our choice, but it was the only way she and I could ride together. Chief Strickland was going to remain at the scene with the deputies to collect evidence and clues in case Curtis had determined Sally’s cause of death was murder. There was no way three of us were going to fit on Darren’s moped.

Mama would’ve tried, but at this point it was best for me to keep my distance from Darren. He knew too much about me, and I knew too much about my feelings that seemed to be bubbling up about him. There was no way I was going to get into a relationship with Darren Strickland.

I could see the masthead headline now. New Junction Journal Reporter and Holiday Junction citizen Violet Rhinehammer snags Chief Strickland’s son in attempt to get her own mother off the suspect list for the killing of Sally Westin.

It was how my mind worked. Plus I couldn’t even begin to think how I was going to handle the fact the Merry Maker sign made it look like Sally was the Merry Maker.

Which made me restless and sleepless all night. Deep down I knew Mama didn’t kill anyone, and I was going to prove it due to the fact Mama wouldn’t have any way of having poison.

“We have to go to the sheriff’s department,” I told Mama after she’d gotten an early-morning shower and dolled up for the day.

“I told you I can’t. We have to meet Rhett over at the house for the inspection this morning.” Mama was looking at herself in the mirror and snapping on her clip-on earrings before she took the lipstick out of her purse and carefully rolled it up just enough to get the perfect width to use on her lips. “Matthew will just have to wait. I’m sure you can get your new boyfriend to help us out with his dad.”

“Mama,” I gasped. “Darren is not my new boyfriend.”

“What were you doing with him so late? Why did you sneak out and go be with him if he’s not?” She ran her hand down her white eyelet dress as she walked across the room to slip on her flats.

“Why did you take the moment I didn’t have an eye on you to trespass to the Lustig Spring?” I sat on the edge of the couch and rubbed my neck since I’d gotten a crook in it from laying my head on the arm of the couch so Mama could sleep in the bed.

“Don’t you make this about me, young lady.” Her threatening tone as she used with me as a child came back in spades. “But if you need to know, I was going to make sure we did the research. When I got to thinking about how protective Palmer was about the spring, I knew if Nate didn’t let me go after the jugs Sally had stolen, he wouldn’t go after me if he found me on the property.

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