RESORT TO MURDER by Mary Ellen Hughes

Author:Mary Ellen Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: antietam, cozy, hotel, math, murder, resort, tennis
Publisher: Mary Ellen Hughes

Maggie pushed through the glass doors of the lobby and stepped onto the terrace. Warm, humid air hit her face, forecasting another hot day, but the patio, facing west, was still comfortably shaded. Umbrella-topped tables dotted the slate patio, and the pleasant aroma of fresh coffee wafted through the air. Maggie looked around, then saw Dyna sipping orange juice at an isolated table next to tall green hedges.

Dyna saw her and waved, and Maggie walked over, pulling out a chair to sit across from her. "Well, you look like you slept well."

"Mmmm," Dyna nodded, "like a rock. Everything's back in balance again."

"I'm glad. Did you order yet?"

"Just juice and coffee.” Dyna indicated the two carafes on their table. Maggie reached for the coffee and poured out a steaming cupful for herself. She knew by now that Dyna would stick with juice alone, spurning the less healthy caffeine.

After the waiter took their orders, Maggie sat back in her chair and took a long sip from her cup. Dyna glanced over at the nearby pool, its blue water now empty and calm.

"This makes me think of a vacation I went on with my folks once - to Jamaica."

"Really? What about the Highview reminds you of Jamaica?"

"Well, there's a mountain area there - I forget what it's called. Port Something-or-other. Anyway, the other side of the island from Montego Bay. We stayed at this place that had tables out like this, and mountains around us. It was really pretty. More flowers than here, though. Big, bright ones."

"Sounds nice."

"Mmm, it was.” Dyna stretched her arms above her head, then ran her fingers through her hair, apparently unconcerned with how she rearranged it. She wore yellow and white today in the shape of an oversized shirt and snug shorts, with a few chains of colored beads draped from her neck.

"I was eighteen then, and I remember Dad was trying to convince me to try college. `Just for a year,' I remember him saying. I guess he hoped once I started I'd be hooked or something. He almost had me convinced, too. I mean, I didn't know what else to do with myself at that time."

At that time? Maggie was tempted to tease, but held her tongue.

"But then we went down to Kingston to look around the shops and stuff. That's where I found this most amazing woman. She not only could tell me all about myself - things she couldn't have ever known - she told me about my past lives too. It was like she could look right into my soul, you know?”

Maggie didn't know, but she nodded, thinking that her friend certainly made interesting early morning conversation.

Dyna leaned back in her chair. "Well, after an experience like that, there was no way I was going to sit in class to study the usual earth-bound, mundane things. That's when I knew I wanted to find out all about witchcraft - the good kind - and paranormal things. There's a place up in New Hampshire, a school you can go to, did you know that?"

"No, I didn't.

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