No Ladder What (Witch of Wickrock Bay Book 4) by Wendy Meadows

Author:Wendy Meadows [Meadows, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-02-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Back in her apartment, Mimi busied herself making a cup of hot chocolate. Coffee might be her favorite drink, but hot chocolate was her go-to when she needed to calm her nerves—the ultimate comfort drink.

Baxter curled up again on his favorite armchair and had fallen asleep almost immediately.

With a sweet, steaming mug in hand, Mimi plopped onto her chair and took a tiny sip of the smooth, silky drink. The rich flavors filled her mouth, but the expected calmness didn’t follow.

Something was tugging at her gut, and it made her uncomfortable.

Mimi put down her drink and reached for her cell phone. She found Rob’s number and pressed it.

“Hi, Mimi, how are you?” Rob greeted her. There was a note of tiredness in his voice.

“Reasonably well, considering the circumstances, but how are you? I’ve been worrying about you.”

“I’m fine. Why would you be worried about me?”

“Because you looked strange when you left my shop earlier today,” she replied.

“Define strange.”

Mimi ignored the annoyance that grew at the back of her mind. He wasn’t going to play a game with her, was he?

“I’m actually not sure how to interpret the look on your face, but I thought you were…upset. I guess that might have something to do with Orlando London’s arrival and his meddling in the case.”

Rob exhaled loudly.

“All right, Miss Can’t-Hide-Anything-From-Me,” he said reluctantly. “I admit I was…still am…quite taken aback by the whole situation.”

“But your job is not at risk?” she asked quickly.

“I don’t think so. He appears to be genuinely interested in the case and in our town. And, to be fair, we’ve had a lot of murders lately, considering.”

“We have. But going back to Orlando Nosy. He’s doing it all wrong. He’s been going around interrogating people and upsetting them a lot.”

“I’m sorry, Mimi. Are you okay?”

“I am now. But he’s done the same thing to Connor Hewitt, who was even more upset than I was, and god-knows-who-else in town.”

“He’s got his own methods, and I’ve been reassured by an old friend at headquarters that Lieutenant London is a respected and capable detective.”

“And you trust your source?”

“Of course.”

“Then you’d have to agree I’m a suspect,” Mimi fired.

She could hear him inhaling sharply.

“Mimi, I don’t necessarily need to agree with his methods or his current list of suspects in order to trust in his capabilities.”

“Really?” Mimi murmured, suppressing the urge to say something more sarcastic. “So do you suspect me as well?”

“Mimi, you’re a smart girl, you know how it works,” he replied slowly.

That was a ruse.

“Well, dear Chief Thompson, I do and I don’t. As you’ve told me several times, every case is different. And I’m here telling you I haven’t done it. You know me very well by now. You’re my boyfriend, for heaven’s sake. You don’t need to triple-check your facts. You just need to trust your gut.”

Another sigh.

“Okay, Mimi. You’re right. I don’t like jumping to assumptions before I’m certain—”

“You’re obsessed with being certain.”

“I am, you’re right again. But let’s not diverge from the topic. You wanted me to comment on your innocence, correct?”

Mimi paused to consider.

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