Murder in the Mix Boxed Set 5 by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, Ltd.
Published: 2020-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“And then what happened?” Keelie’s eyes are the size of coasters.

“And then Noah went back to the sheriff’s department trying to figure out how to defuse this bomb.”

Lainey leans forward from the back seat. “And how exactly is it that we’re on our way to Ashford ourselves?”

It’s the very next night, and Everett gave me a hot tip about Rachel Kane. He didn’t tell me exactly where we’d find her but asked us to meet him down at the courthouse.

Correction, he asked me to meet him down at the courthouse, but Keelie and Lainey were there when I closed the bakery and neither of them wanted me to drive down to Ashford alone. And—they also hinted that they were itching for a little adventure. The only instruction Everett gave me was to dress warm. I texted Mom and asked if she would stop by my house and feed Pancake and Waffles for me and she kindly agreed so I don’t have to worry about rushing back home.

I turn to Lainey. “We’re on our way to investigate a woman by the name of Rachel Kane. She’s Elaine Gilmore’s daughter, the one I told you about yesterday.” Oh yes, I did. I called both Meg and Lainey and told them all about Mom’s doppelgänger—then I was obligated to tell them about her pantry session with Topper Blakley—silver fox pervert extraordinaire—and then that segued into the murderous evidence Noah and I found on her laptop and the fact Pastor Gaines was coaching her to write a murder mystery.

I shudder just thinking about it.

Meg said that if Pastor Gaines weren’t already dead she’d hunt him down and kill him. She’s working late tonight at Red Satin Gentlemen’s Club where she teaches strippers their hip swaying moves or she would have joined us on our endeavor.

Lainey takes a breath. “You know what I don’t get? Is how the church hired him in the first place.”

“Last month, when we discovered he had a different identity, Noah suggested he might have easily explained it away. And the church is so trusting. Apparently, he had bona fide referrals. Elaine mentioned he was a pastor up in Burlington, too.”

Keelie warms herself with her hands. “Creepy. It’s almost like you can never really know somebody. I mean, you thought you knew Noah—heck, you were about to marry him up until you discovered he had a wife hiding out in another state.”

My stomach churns just thinking about it. “True, but that was just an anomaly. I mean, Everett doesn’t have any skeletons hiding in his closet. He already told me all about the woman who was killed while carrying his baby—and we all know how that turned out. Bear for sure doesn’t have any skeletons in his closet—neither does Forest.” I glance to Lainey in the rearview mirror. “But I’m just going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that Topper Blakley most certainly does.”

Lainey chuckles. “Mom sure knows how to pick ’em.”

“She used to.” I sigh as I think of my father.

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