Santa Claws Calamity (Country Cottage Mysteries Book 3) by Moore Addison & Bloom Bellamy

Author:Moore, Addison & Bloom, Bellamy [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2019-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The very next morning, the inn is bustling with out-of-towners ready to stay through the holidays as they visit local friends and family. It’s so cozy at the inn this time of year. I wish the season would last forever. I spent the morning hanging stockings above the enormous stone fireplace in the grand room with each employee’s name written across the front in gold glitter paint. The whole inn is lit up with the scent of those gingerbread whoopie pies the Country Cottage Café is baking nonstop. And just a few minutes ago, the Sugar Plum Tree Lot delivered those evergreens I ordered the other day and the entire front of the inn holds the scent of a fresh cut pine forest.

Jordy laughs as he shakes his head my way. “Bizzy, you’ve got enough to put two trees in every room.”

“That sounds like my kind of decorating,” I say as I do my best to cinch my coat. It’s freezing out here—literally and we finally have a sheet of white frost that’s sticking to the ground. All of Cider Cove looks like the inside of a snow globe with the trees surrounding the inn dusted with snow and the roofs of the cottages covered in a sheet of white. Sherlock strides up beside me as I make my way to the delivery truck.

Are the cookies here, Bizzy? Are the cookies here? That’s a big truck! That means there are lots of cookies.

A laugh bubbles from me. “I hate to break it to you, Sherlock, but the cookie exchange isn’t until tomorrow.”

A hard groan comes from him, but his disappointment is short-lived as he licks the side of a rock and eats the frost right off it.

It tastes like ice cream! Fish, come quick! He barks as he speeds back into the inn to spread the news to his furry friends no doubt.

I’m about to head back myself when Calvin St. James strides up in his well-worn jeans and black and red buffalo flannel. He wears an easy smile, and there’s a warmth in his eyes you can’t deny.

“Hi, Calvin!” I give a cheery wave. “You brought the whole forest,” I tease.

He nods my way. “I thought I’d throw in a few extra. You are, after all, hosting the Christmas charity event.”

“Thank you,” I say. “The more trees, the merrier.” I look to Jordy. “Go ahead and set them up wherever you can fit them. We have boxes and boxes of twinkle lights to decorate them with. They’re going to look beautiful.”

Jordy gives me a mock salute. “You got it, boss.” He takes off and helps the men off-load the trees from the back of the delivery truck.

Calvin nods my way. “Nice to see you again, Bizzy.”

“Likewise. And this is more Christmas cheer than I expected. I just want you to know I’m grateful for every last branch. Thank you, Calvin.” Julia crosses my mind. “I hear Lincoln’s secretary is trying to help contact everyone he’s done business with. Have you heard from her yet?”

“She called me a few days ago.

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