Sweet Taffy Cozy Mysteries Bundle by Dana Moss

Author:Dana Moss [Moss, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mossy Stone Books
Published: 2019-04-10T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Rex and Monica went partway down the block together, and then he shrugged her off and walked down the street alone. She stood on the sidewalk, watching him saunter away.

Taffy left Maria and Todd talking. She went down the stairs and then down the block to catch up with Monica, who seemed to sense Taffy’s approach, because she hadn’t even turned around before she said, “Hey there, Blondie.”

Taffy did not appreciate the nickname, but she chose not to react. “Rex sure looked like he was in a hurry.”

Monica shrugged. “Better things to do, I guess.” When she turned toward Taffy, her eyes looked wet. She walked a few steps to the corner of the block where there was a bench. There, she dug into her backpack and pulled out a cigarette. She lit it.

Taffy frowned. “That’s so bad for you. Especially since…” She let her voice trail off.

“Since what?” Monica’s eyes narrowed as she inhaled deeply. There was a challenge in her look.

Taffy sighed. “Your mom. I’m sorry about your mom.”

Monica turned away, but not before a tear had fallen.

Taffy sat on the bench beside her. “I lost my mom when I was young too. So, if you ever want to talk—”

“Yeah, right. To someone like you?” She scoffed.

“Like me? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Miss Perfect in Pink? Who’s got her life all figured out, so she goes around nosing into everyone else’s?”

“That’s not me! That’s not what I’m doing!”

Monica tapped her cigarette. “Isn’t it?”

Taffy frowned and glanced down at her patent leather pumps. Monica was so tough.

“You were right about the canoe, though,” Monica said, exhaling a puff of smoke.

Taffy looked up and pushed the smoke away from her face. “You know who took it?”

“Rex and I had been out on the lake before anyone else had arrived at the campsite. We took the canoe from his family cabin across the lake. We were… We were just hanging out there. He was still pretty messed up from his breakup with Jenny, and I was… well….” She looked away as her blush deepened. “Geez, what does he see in Jenny anyway? I mean, for cryin’ out loud, she’s not even here. What kind of girlfriend is she?” She pushed the heel of her hand into one eye, smudging her mascara.

Taffy said quietly, “Were you waiting in the wings, Monica? You’d always had a crush on Rex, and you were just waiting for a chance to rush in and soothe his broken heart?”

She flushed deeply now. But then her mascara-smudged eyes narrowed defensively. “It wasn’t quite as simple as that, but yeah, I liked him. I have since seventh grade. I didn’t like the way Jenny jerked him around. And she did it a lot. There are things Tyler didn’t even know about.”

Taffy leaned forward. “Is that why they fought that night? Did Tyler find out about something?”

Monica hesitated and then nodded. “But it was Jenny’s fault. She’dbeen using him. Rex was just being Rex. Not that that was always a good thing, except maybe to me.

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