Sweetfern Harbor Cozy Mystery Box Set by Wendy Meadows

Author:Wendy Meadows [Meadows, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-10-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Mac Rivers asked Phyllis for a cup of coffee and wearily flipped through his notes. It had been a long morning already and it was still not over. Luckily, William Pendleton had shown up at the bed and breakfast without even being called. He had come to support Phyllis, and had easily agreed to wait with the actors for his own turn to be interviewed. Mac signaled William from the small group waiting in the dining room. He realized he still expected to see Brenda behind him but she was nowhere in sight. He sat across from William in the sitting room and asked him to recount his movements of the night before until this morning.

“Phyllis and I walked back here after the performance ended. It was a beautiful night. We both like to walk on these lovely summer nights. We went directly to her apartment in the back of the bed and breakfast.” William smiled fondly. “I’ve tried to get her to move in with me – that rambling house I live in is too big for just one person and needs a woman’s touch – but she likes her independence. It may take time, but I’ll convince her soon to marry me.” He appeared to drift off in his thoughts until Mac drew him back in with another question.

“How long were you with Phyllis?”

“Perhaps twenty minutes? She brought out cups of tea and cookies and we enjoyed that until we heard the actors come in at the front door. Her oatmeal raisin cookies are hard to resist but I wanted to congratulate the cast before everyone headed to bed. Phyllis said she was tired and had seen them every day since their arrival anyway. To be honest, Mac, I was glad she stayed behind. I was drawn to Ellen in a lot of ways. She was a great actress and not bad to look at.”

Mac’s eyes cast a look of frank disbelief at the older gentleman.

“Oh no, it was nothing like that,” William added hastily. “Phyllis is my true love. But I admire Ellen, and we had met on several occasions. We conversed easily together unlike many who found her too aloof. She called Chester in to open champagne. She was in quite a celebratory mood. The three of us sat down and were drinking it when Brenda came to the door. Any alcohol makes me sleepy right away. I used to be able to handle it better. When Brenda came to the door it gave me an excuse to leave before I fell asleep right there. I didn’t see Phyllis again since she told me she was going to bed after I left for Ellen’s room.”

“Did you see anyone in the hallways when you left?”

He shook his head no. “Everyone must have been in their rooms, I assumed. By then, it was close to eleven or after.”

“Did you see anyone around the office or front entrance on your way out?”

Again, his answer was in the negative.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.