Strawberry Donuts and Scandal by Cindy Bell

Author:Cindy Bell [Bell, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

After spending a couple of hours at the farmers market, Brenda left Charlie and Sophie there. They had decided that Brenda would pick up lunch for the whole family and they would meet at home. She knew she needed to eat, even though she didn’t feel hungry. There was one thing she couldn’t turn down, no matter how little appetite she had. Brenda headed straight for the shopping district downtown. She knew Kevin would have his truck parked there. Maybe, she could get a little information to go along with his delicious burgers.

As Brenda approached Kevin’s truck, the smell of his famous burgers was tantalizing. For the first time since Alexa’s death, her stomach rumbled with the desire to eat. She joined the short line of customers, and watched as each one walked away from the window with a big smile.

“Hey Brenda.” Kevin smiled at her when she reached the window. “What are you doing out here? I thought it was your day off?”

“It is.” She smiled in return. “But I’m starving, and only one of your burgers will do.”

“You’re in luck, I have plenty. Want some fries, too?” He turned around to flip the burgers, then turned back to face her.

“Sure, fries sound good. I’ll need three burgers, please.” She took a deep breath of the scented air, then sighed in anticipation. “How are you doing, Kevin?”

“So far so good. You know, still a little rattled. It’s hard not to be after what we saw.” He turned around to drop the fries in the fryer, then shook his head. “I haven’t been able to get it off my mind, to tell you the truth.”

“Me either.” Brenda studied each motion he made. Despite Kevin’s large size he had a certain grace about him that surprised her. Perhaps it was from so many years of running the truck. “Did you know her, Kevin?”

“Alexa?” Kevin turned back to Brenda. “Can’t say that I did. I mean, I saw her that day. She tried to shove her phone in my face. I told her I wasn’t interested.” He chuckled. “You should have seen how offended she was that I turned her down.”

“Why did you? She’s pretty popular, an interview with her could have been good for your business.” Brenda reached into her purse and pulled out her wallet.

“Oh, no charge.” Kevin smiled. “Us truckers have to stick together you know.”

“Thanks, Kevin.” She dropped a few dollars in the tip jar.

“The thing with these techie types, they love to put all their videos everywhere, but sometimes it attracts the wrong kind of people. I don’t want a bunch of picky customers asking me about hormones and pesticides. I mean, sure I buy quality meat, but I can’t tell you what the cow ate. Some of these people are a little too crazy for me. Besides, I don’t need a vlogger to get customers, word of mouth does just fine. As long as I make good food, I get good customers.” He clapped his hands together.

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