Speak With Confection: An Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery by Ruth Hartzler

Author:Ruth Hartzler [Hartzler, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Wholesome Books
Published: 2020-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

I need not have worried. Rebecca had not seen Aaron that day. I had spent the afternoon baking cupcakes: funetti cupcakes with buttercream frosting, salted caramel cupcakes, strawberry cupcakes, and some of the specialist Amish cupcakes: Amish Friendship Bread cupcakes, Amish Sour Cream Spice cupcakes, and Long John Roll cupcakes.

Halfway through the afternoon, I had just finished my normal daily baking duties when Rebecca had come in and told me there would soon be a fundraiser for the widow Troyer’s medical expenses. I then busied myself baking for the upcoming fundraiser market.

I also made an Amish Bible Cake to take to Digby ostensibly to apologize for Gigi eating his beard and also as an opportunity to question him.

After we shut the shop, I waited for Rebecca to drive away before getting into my car with the Amish Bible Cake and heading home. Matilda and Eleanor were waiting for me. “The herb garden is already coming along.” Matilda nodded to the garden to my right.

I was shocked. “Wow, you’ve done so much!” Matilda and Eleanor were keen gardeners and used to have a small herb garden in the courtyard adjacent to Rebecca’s cupcake store.

“Did you bake a cake for Digby?”

I nodded to Matilda. “I sure did.” I opened the car door and made to get it out, but Matilda and Eleanor hurried over to me. “Let’s go now.”

“Now?” I said. “But I’ve just finished work for the day.”

Matilda jumped into the car. “No time like the present,” she said. “You’ll be able to relax afterward. We made dinner for you, so you won’t have to do a thing, just come home and relax.”

“That’s nice,” I said. I looked up to see Mr. Crumbles looking through the window at me. He appeared to be frowning, although that was his usual expression. I waved goodbye to him and then felt a little foolish for doing so.

“I’ll navigate to Digby’s farm,” Eleanor said. “I’m not sure how we can question him though. I’d rather have a plan than have to play it by ear.”

“Actually, something came up today,” I told them. “There’s going to be a market day soon to benefit the widow Troyer’s medical expenses. The bishop told Rebecca about it yesterday. I’ve been doing a lot of baking for it, and I thought we could ask Digby and Paisley to donate. That will give us a reason to speak with him.”

“What’s he going to donate? Goat milk?” Matilda said.

“Goat milk soap and goat milk hand cream, of course,” Eleanor said. “At least I have been doing my research. Digby and Paisley produce all sorts of goat milk items, such as goat milk lip balm, goat milk lotion, and goat milk bath salt.”

“They sound nice,” I said. “Still, while the fundraiser does give us more opportunity to speak with him, it doesn’t give us the opportunity to discover if he was having an affair with Gemma. I mean, we can hardly ask him if he was having an affair with Gemma Calhoun or ask him if he or his wife murdered her.

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