Poinsettias and the Perfect Crime by Ruby Loren

Author:Ruby Loren [Loren, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-25T05:00:00+00:00

11

Fun for all the Family

Fergus relinquished his grip on my day once we left Merryfield Manor. He’d said something vague about researching the past some more and had wandered off, apparently forgetting that he’d left his car, and his dog, round my house. I’d let him go, not wanting the precious little time left before Christmas to slip away. It was Christmas Eve. I hadn’t thought about it until now, but that was what today was. Tonight, there was our first family get-together - a small party which usually included board games - and then tomorrow it would be the big day itself. It was surely a sign of my advancing years, but it had really snuck up on me this year.

“I should have asked Fergus if he could come to Christmas Eve, too,” I muttered as I pulled my car into a spot by the Merryfield village church. I hadn’t expected him to be interested in Christmas, but if he wanted to come to lunch, he may as well endure the day before with me, as well. Heaven knows I could use some of Fergus’ off the wall chatter to take away the tensions that were only going to get worse. My mother would have undoubtedly heard of my and Charlotte’s involvement in the murder of Bill Wrexton, and we would be in for it.

I got out of the car and walked in towards the small village grocery shop. Was I really hoping that a pot of her favourite olives would be enough to appease my mother? I knew it was futile, but I was going to give it a shot anyway. Whilst I was in the shop, I would pick up some chocolates for my dad and his partner, Annabelle. Usually, he received most of the Christmas-time disapproval from my mother, but this year he was probably going to catch a break.

I was still thinking these gloomy thoughts when it filtered through to my consciousness that someone was calling my name. I blinked, looked round, and saw Deirdre waving to me from across the road. I waved back, pleased to see that she hadn’t yet been arrested for murder.

She hurried across the street. “Merry Christmas, Diana! It’s been an exciting one so far this year, hasn’t it?” Deirdre said, looking as jolly as ever.

“Merry Christmas. I heard that the police were trying to pin this murder and theft on the Merryfield Murder Mystery Fans. Are you all right?” I asked her.

She bobbed her head without losing her smile. “Oh yes, we are all just fine. That was the excitement I was talking about. Did you know, for years, Walter Miller has refused our requests to be shown the inside of the police station and the insides of the holding cells? He always claimed it was twisted and in poor taste.” She flicked a hand to show exactly what she thought of Walter Miller’s view. “He didn’t have much of a choice this time. We all got to see

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