Sundae Afternoon Murders: A Collection of Sweet Cozy Mysteries by Gretchen Allen

Author:Gretchen Allen [Allen, Gretchen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2020-03-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“I don’t see Mark’s truck,” Yvette said when she and Nate pulled into the employee parking lot at Kline Family Farm.

“We can go inside and check anyway,” Nate said, getting out of the vehicle.

The two made their way to Mark’s office and knocked on the door, getting no answer.

“He’s gone for the day,” a voice came from behind them.

“Armand, hi! He won’t be back?” Yvette asked the groundskeeper.

“Nope. Took off lickety-split, hollering about some Tim or turtles or something,” he shrugged.

“That’s not good!” Yvette yelled a little too loudly.

“Who’s Tim?” Nate asked. “And what about turtles?”

“It’s Tom Myrtle. Amelia went on a date with him,” Yvette explained.

“Yikes. Hope you two get everything settled, I’ve got goats to tend to. Much less hassle than humans,” Armand noted, shaking his head.

“See ya later. Thanks for letting us know,” Yvette said, waving to the man.

“So, this is bad, right?” Nate stated the obvious.

“It’s not good. There’s no reason I can think of that Mark would need to leave in a hurry to meet Tom.”

“Well, then let’s get out of here and see if we can find him.”

“How on earth would we know where to go?” Yvette asked once they’d gotten back to the truck.

“No clue. But your phone is going off. Aren’t you going to answer it?”

“Oh, yeah. I was lost in my own little world. I didn’t even hear it.”

“It’s a text from Monica Carothers. She wants me to meet her at Brew’s for coffee,” Yvette repeated the text to Nate.

“I can drop you off back at home, so you can get your car and go meet her if you want?” Nate offered.

Yvette considered the idea for a moment but decided against it. There was even less of a reason for Monica to want to meet her for coffee than there was for Mark and Tom to be meeting. If Yvette was going to see Monica, Nate was coming along.

“Nope. You’re in this with me now. You can’t escape that easily. Let’s go to Brew’s and see what she wants. We can look for Mark on the way and if we can’t get in touch with him before then, we can look for him after, too.” Yvette shut the truck door and looked at Nate.

“Okay. Let’s do it.” Nate grinned, not hiding the fact that he was enjoying every moment of this.

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