Oh Say Can You Fudge (A Candy-Coated Mystery with Recipes Book 3) by Nancy Coco

Author:Nancy Coco
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-04-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Mrs. Amerson and Mrs. Jones were pleased as punch when I told them that I had a new pyro tech. At first, they were skeptical, but I explained that Trent found the guy and after that, they were all smiles.

Thank goodness. Once I left the tea house and the two society women, I headed toward Market Street. I highly doubted Henry was anywhere near the tourist-filled Main Street. Someone would have seen him and phoned me.

I pulled out my cell phone and glanced at the front. No phone calls. I frowned and put it back in my purse. The Hamilton was the only place I could think of to begin my search. I mean, the man couldn’t simply disappear between the police station and the B & B on Market. Could he?

Silly as it sounds, I began to glance under the bushes as I walked down the sidewalk. It was too bad I didn’t have Mal with me. If Henry was dead somewhere in the open, she would have found him. Not that I wanted Henry dead. In fact, it would be best for me if Henry weren’t dead—if, in fact, it was Henry who did his partner in. Then I could tell Mr. Cooper that it wasn’t bad luck at all, but a bad business relationship—something that didn’t have anything to do with me or Mackinac Island.

“Hi Allie.”

I stopped and turned at the sound of someone calling my name. It was Sophie, looking gorgeous as usual in her pilot’s uniform.

“Hi, Sophie. How are you?”

“I’m good. I heard you were looking for Henry Schulte.”

“Yes. Have you seen him?”

“I didn’t fly him off the island if that is what you want to know. Not this time.”

“Not this time?” I drew my eyebrows together. “Have you flown him off the island before?”

“Yes, that’s what I came to tell you. Henry Schulte is sort of a regular at the Grand.”

“Sort of?” I put my hands on my hips. The skirt of my dress blew around my knees.

“Yes, he comes in and stays a few days once a year. He hates water so he pays the extra money to fly.”

“Why does he come to an island if he hates water?” I had to ask.

“I have no idea,” Sophie said with a shrug. “He isn’t particularly rich. The staff at the Grand said he always got a cheap package deal and rarely tipped.”

“Maybe he likes the fact that we don’t have any cars on the island,” I wondered out loud. “Or maybe he has family here?”

“Not that I know of,” Sophie said. “But then I’m not exactly a native myself.

“It’s something to look into. If he has family, he could be visiting them right now and that’s why no one has seen him.”

“You mean his family might be hiding him?”

“Yes.” I chewed on my bottom lip. “That’s assuming he has a reason to hide.”

“Liz told me about the death threats,” Sophie said. “Those would make me hide.”

“But not if the threats weren’t against him personally .

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