Murder by Rainbow Cake (A Bite-sized Bakery Cozy Mystery Book 10) by Rosie A. Point

Author:Rosie A. Point [Point, Rosie A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

11

For the second time since we’d moved into the Runaway Inn, Bee and I decided that it would be better to grab something to eat from a local restaurant and bring it back, rather than eat at the inn itself.

Mrs. Rickleston wouldn’t approve, but I couldn’t force myself to care. She’d been acting strangely for a while now—ever since she’d had a fight with Lucy over nail polish. Still, we’d had to slip past the front desk holding our pizza boxes while Mrs. Rickleston glared at us through narrowed eyes.

“She’s not endearing herself to me,” Bee said, placing our pizzas on the coffee table in her small suite.

“Is it just me or has she changed?”

“Might be perspective. She was friendly when we arrived, and we had no reason to expect anything ill of her. But now…”

I checked the door was locked. Just in case. Then again, a lock wouldn’t stop Mrs. Rickleston, or anyone else, from spying on us. She could simply press her ear to the door and eavesdrop.

“Poor Lucy.” The sentiment had run through my mind on repeat over the past few days. “She didn’t deserve this.”

“Or, she did.” Bee flipped open the first pizza box.

We’d gotten two, one pepperoni and the other a spicy chicken number that I’d wanted to try—there were sliced chili peppers on it. The delicious cheesy scent filled the room, and I grabbed a napkin and a slice.

“What do you mean?” I asked, then took a bite. The cheese was melty and stringy and the chili peppers were hot as heck, but boy was it tasty.

“Well, you were the one who was particularly suspicious of her.” Bee took an armchair, holding a slice of the pepperoni. “I’ve been thinking about it, and you were right. Of course, you were right. We must investigate every angle if we’re going to clear Lucy. Or not clear Lucy.”

“What about your feeling that Lucy didn’t do it?”

“Hmm.” Bee chewed. “I don’t know if I’d call it that. It’s more of a feeling that something isn’t quite right. Just look at what we walked in on when we arrived at her house.”

The strange, shadowy figure. Gosh, after the last murder we’d investigated, I’d had just about enough of strange figures wearing hoodies.

“Now, I’m not saying they were the murderer. They might’ve been a petty thief taking advantage of Lucy’s terrible situation, but if so, why do it so quickly? News travels fast in Muffin, but does it travel fast enough that they’d arrive so soon after she’d been arrested?”

“I wish we’d gotten a better look at what was in that bag.”

“Regardless,” Bee said, between chews, “we’ve got a lead. Lucy’s guns were stolen. And there were the letters she’d received.”

“Why didn’t she tell us about them?” I asked.

Bee wiped her fingers on the napkin then grabbed her purse and brought out her iPad. She’d bought one just last week and hadn’t given up using it since. She set it on the coffee table and opened a notes app. “Let’s write up a suspects list.

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