Tequila Mockingbird by Morgana Best

Author:Morgana Best [Best, Morgana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922420657
Publisher: Best Cosy Books

Chapter 11

Mr Buttons and I usually walked Sandy every morning, but that morning I had to walk Sandy by myself. That was the first time Mr Buttons had been a no-show. I was glad there had been a light frost, because although I didn’t like the cold, it worried me to walk alone in spring and summer. Two pairs of eyes were better than one to look for snakes along the track through the bush, but it had been too cold for snakes that morning.

After taking a shower and having breakfast, I called Cressida. I didn’t want to call Mr Buttons, in case he was ill and still asleep. “He didn’t come down for breakfast,” Cressida said. “I was concerned that he had been murdered, so I went to his room and knocked on his door. He called out that he had a migraine.”

“That’s not like Mr Buttons,” I said, thinking back on the conversation with Adrian.

“Do you think it’s to do with the conversation you overheard last night?” Cressida asked me.

I nodded, and then realised she couldn’t see me. “Yes,” I said. I had told Cressida all about the conversation on the way home in the car the previous night. “Cressida, do you have any free time today? I really think we should investigate Adrian Addison.”

“Yes, we should,” Cressida said gleefully. “Lord Farringdon says Adrian Addison is a veritable hive of information, and he’s party to secrets.”

I narrowed my eyes. Sometimes I really wondered about that cat.

And so, an hour later, I collected Cressida in my van. “What should we do first?” she asked me.

I fastened my seatbelt. “I think we should find out about his job for a start. Maybe he’s lying about it. I think we should start with the…” I began, but Cressida interrupted me.

“Library,” she pronounced.

I shook my head. “No, well yes, but I thought we should start with the Little Tatterford Council. We can go to the library later, if the council isn’t any help.”

The Little Tatterford Council was only about five minutes away. We easily found a park directly outside, and then walked into the gloomy building. “This is a depressing place,” Cressida said. “It reminds me of silly rules, government red tape, and paying my council rates.”

“I’ll have to think of all that when I buy a house,” I said.

Cressida gripped my arm. “I’ll miss you when you buy a house, Sibyl,” she said with alarm.

“Even if I buy on the other side of Little Tatterford, I won’t be more than fifteen minutes away from you,” I pointed out.

Cressida frowned. “But right now you’re only a one minute walk from me.”

I nodded. “Yes, that’s the problem. I like having you and Mr Buttons so close. Anyway, there’s time to think about it.”

The two of us were behind a woman who was having a dispute with the man sitting behind the counter. “You’ve got the rates for my two properties mixed up,” she said crossly. “I paid them online separately, but you’ve given me a credit for one house and a debit on another.

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