Red Letter Slay: A MAIL CARRIER COZY MYSTERY BOOK 8 by Kappes Tonya

Author:Kappes, Tonya
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tonya Kappes Books
Published: 2022-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Melissa, I’m so sorry to hear about Horace.” I immediately greeted Melissa once my head had wrapped around the sight of the three of them standing there.

My gaze slid over to the wipe-off board, where Vince was standing with his legs slightly apart, his arms crossed, and his eyes focused on what Iris and I had written on there.

“Thank you. We are just devastated, and I was telling Iris how grateful I am she’s able to get the desserts made so quickly with your wedding and all.” Melissa gave me a sympathetic smile.

“She is a gem,” I said and gave Iris a glance. “I’m sorry I won’t be able to attend the funeral Saturday. I’m getting married.”

“Gosh.” Vince twisted around. “I forgot about that.”

My eyes shot up with one question in my mind. How did he forget? We’d been talking about this for months.

“Sandra, I will have to go to Bernie’s wedding.” He walked over to Sandra, and I noticed he was getting stronger with each passing day. “She’s almost like a daughter to me.”

“Can I see you for a minute?” I directed my question to Vince, though I didn’t state it so much as a question but as a request. I expected him to follow me out the kitchen door, so I didn’t wait for him to answer before I left the kitchen.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were seeing Sandra?” I asked him as soon as he emerged. “I guess the little fact escaped your memory?”

“I was busy trying to get better and figure out who had tried to kill me over the last few months.” As he spoke, I gave him a good look and noticed his coloring was almost all back to normal. “Getting better was what I was focusing on, but yeah, we’ve had a couple of dates here and there.”

“You didn’t think to let me in on that because I have good motive to believe Melissa killed Horace, and Horace tried to kill Sandra. All over money.” I sighed.

“That’s where you’re wrong.” Vince had a determined look on his face. “If you’ll come back into the kitchen and let me explain why we three are here together, then I think you’ll see Melissa and Sandra are not suspects.”

“Fine.” I headed back into the kitchen, my interest piqued over why Vince didn’t believe my theory about Melissa’s very good motive to have had killed her husband.

Iris, Melissa, and Sandra were standing in front of the wipe-off board when Vince and I went to rejoin them.

“I can’t believe you think I killed my husband.” Melissa had an expression indicating she thought it was the most outrageous theory anyone could have. “Or that my mother would be part of the reason he’s dead.”

“Let me explain.” I knew Vince had something to say about this matter, too, but I wanted my reason for coming up with this theory to be on the record. “I believe someone thought Vince was your mom, since your mom had been staying in that room while she waited for her more permanent room.

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