No Good Deed Unpunished: (A Vangie Guillory Mystery) (The Mystery Book Nook Shared World) by C.H. Sessums

Author:C.H. Sessums [Sessums, C.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cactus Rose Press
Published: 2023-07-10T23:00:00+00:00

12

I never got to hear the juicy gossip Georgie had to impart because a group of fifteen ladies entered the store just as she was about to spill the tea, so to speak. I scrambled to put Elroy and Clem into their little pen, unsure how they would handle the crowd who immediately began tittering all over the shop.

I muttered a goodbye to Georgianne as one of the women approached to ask a question.

A few hours later, I collapsed into one of the cushy seats in the store to get off my feet. It turned out the women were downtown for a Bible study luncheon and had decided to peruse the shops. Thankfully for me, they bought quite a few of my books and even took flyers for the forum as well.

The day’s sales made me feel I had a little bit of breathing room so that I didn't need to pin so much hope on the project with the Mark Dean Bell house. Maybe I could take a night off. I’d been telling myself I was beginning to obsess a little over the project and a good deal on the subject of suicide. I knew it was true.

I had to get out of that pattern, but it was so darned easy to fall into. After all, that was how I’d become so obsessed before.

“Vangie,” I told myself as I got up from the seat. “Let’s keep it together, okay? This is just another part of my job.”

I set about the task of closing down the Nook, turning out lights and unplugging all of the scent warmers. I was just about to let the kids out of their gate when the bell jingled over the door. When I looked up, I expected to find a customer that I might have to shoo out the door. Instead, I was in for a big surprise.

“Austin!” I exclaimed approaching the smiling young man. A young man with a grin that reminded me so much of his father

“Hey there, Aunt Vangie,” he said. “We were in the neighborhood, and I wanted to come by and say hi.”

A very pretty redheaded girl stepped in from behind him, waving her hand and smiling hello.

“This is Mary Broussard, my girlfriend.”

“Howdy, Mary. So good to meet you.” I put my hand out for her, shook it, then wrapped my arms around my cousin for a great big hug.

“It's good to meet you, too, Miss Guillory,” Mary said.

“Oh, please, please, just call me Vangie. You can call me Aunt Vangie if you’re of a mind. I mean, I’m not really Austin’s aunt, but he calls me that anyway.”

He laughed and nodded enthusiastically. “Everyone calls her Aunt Vangie.”

“Hey, would you like to grab a bite to eat or something? I have to bring the kids home.” I pointed over my shoulder at the pig and the cat who were looking intently at us from behind their gate.

Austin shot me an amused expression. “You have a pig?”

I chuckled. “No, not my pig.

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