Sleeping Dogs Lie by Jennifer Mearns

Author:Jennifer Mearns [Mearns, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I arrived back at the B&B, using the back entrance. Jill and Leslie were in the small kitchen. Roscoe pushed past me to visit his water bowl. “Hiding out?” I asked.

“We’ve already eaten. They were grilling Leslie. They wanted her life story. So, we came in here to get away.”

“I’m going to go get some food,” I said, and headed into the B&B proper. It smelled amazing.

“Hey! I was wondering where you’d gotten to!” Mom cut a piece of the casserole and handed it to me on a plate. I grabbed a fork and sat down at the kitchen table. I dug in. Delicious.

“Want some more coffee?” Mom asked.

“No, thank you. Can I have some ice water though?”

“Sure.” Mom filled a glass with ice and water and handed it to me. I took it and drank deeply.

“Thanks. This is really good,” I said, forking up some more casserole.

“I’m glad you like it. We are good for something, I guess,” Mom said.

“You’re good for a lot of things,” I said.

“Well, thanks.” Mom rolled her eyes. I guess I had sounded a little sarcastic, but I hadn’t meant to. “What do you have going today?” she asked.

“Not much. Next weekend I’m staying at the Stanley’s house while they go out of town. And I have my regulars all next week. But today I have off.” The Stanleys were Elizabeth and John and they had three dogs, two cats and a parrot. They always had me stay when they went out of town.

“Do you want to run to the store with me?” Mom asked. “Tracey’s going to stay here with Jill.”

Now, I rolled my eyes. “Mom, I’m sure Jill is fine here, alone, in the daytime. But, sure, I’ll go with you.”

I went back to the apartment to get my bag and met Mom in the parking lot. I got into the passenger side of her Honda. She climbed behind the wheel.

As we backed out of the spot, she turned to me and said, “I know Jill asked you to be her business partner. Are you thinking about it?”

“I am. It’s a big decision.”

“It is. Any decision worth making deserves proper thought. Just make sure you don’t wait too long. She might find someone else.”

“I know. I’m leaning toward doing it. I feel like I need to make a change.” Mom signaled left and pulled into the grocery store. “What are you getting here?” I asked.

“Just some stuff for the next few days. We’ll take over meals since we’re taking up one of the rooms. I hope this gets wrapped up quickly.” We headed into the store and grabbed a cart.

“Me too. I’ve been looking into her background a little. Facebook and whatnot.”

“Find anything interesting?” Mom asked as she expertly negotiated the produce department, tossing vegetables and fruits in the basket. She picked up a cantaloupe and gave it a sniff and a thump. She shook her head and set it back down. I don’t know what kind of voodoo that was. I usually just picked one and hoped for the best.

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