Star Spangled Homicide: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Short Read (Marcalls Breakfast Cafe Paranormal Cozy Mystery Book 7) by B I Skinner

Author:B I Skinner [Skinner, B I]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Felix the Cat Rocks
Published: 2022-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Hey, Charlotte!”

“Miles! Nice to see you again so soon.”

“We’re here for our meeting, the one I told you about last night.”

“Come on in, everybody! Can I get anything started for you?” I step back overwhelmed when they all call out orders at once.

“All right, guys! Don’t freak out, Charlotte. One at a time.” Miles holds up his hands, calling for order.

They line up to place their orders, then push several tables together in the corner.

Miles and another woman I’ve never met wait by the cash register to collect everyone’s breakfast.

“Hi!” I say to her.

“Oh, where are my manners? Charlotte, this is Nan Leblanc, and she’s the school librarian at Crested Peaks Elementary.”

“Hi! Good to meet you!”

“Hey, aren’t you the one who found the mayor’s body?” she asks.

That came out of left field. Maybe she had the mayor in the betting pool. My heart rate spikes while I wait for her to ask if I tried to kill Conrad Hanson too.

“Yes, I am.”

Miles tries to explain, sensing my discomfort over being questioned by a total stranger. “Nan had her own problems with Doyle.”

“You don’t say?” How long is this list? Did anyone like this guy? “What did he do to you?”

“He promised me funding for a mobile children’s library.”

“That would be so cool! Let me guess. He didn’t come through?”

“Nope,” Nan shakes her head. “Get this. The money he swore was earmarked for the mobile library went to commissioning a statue of himself. When I confronted him, he said oh well, those were the breaks.

“He didn't tell me he’d consider funding the library. He promised me it would happen. Swore it was a done deal. I guaranteed the parents and their kids that it would be available this summer. My school principal sent out a big announcement and everything. I’m still mad about it.”

I nod my head in solidarity. “If it makes you feel any better, the more I investigate this case, the longer the list gets. Mayor Doyle had a lot of enemies.”

Her eyes grow wide. “You’re seriously investigating his murder? I thought the guy with the food truck did it.”

I blush. I didn’t mean to make myself appear more involved than I am. Or than I’m supposed to be anyway.

“Don’t get me wrong. I’m not the police or anything. It’s just that Mr. Bunmi is Aranya’s dad, and she works for me.”

“Ohhhhh, I see.”

Before we can chat more about her issues with Mayor Doyle, Damien has already passed out everyone’s breakfast, and the group gathers to begin their meeting.

I assumed we’d talk more later, but by the time I realize their meeting is done, Miles was the only one left.

“So, Miles, how serious was this argument between Nan and Mayor Doyle?”

“She was livid!” he tells me. “I’ve known her a long time and never seen her so angry.”

“Really!” I exclaim eagerly.

He narrows his eyes at me. “Wait a minute. You don’t think she’s a suspect, do you? I’m telling you it’s impossible. She’s incapable of killing someone. She’s the type of person who goes out of her way to take spiders outside rather than stepping on them.

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