The Bigfoot Blunder (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 1) by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2017-04-29T18:00:00+00:00

PENNY’S CONDO was really a condominium in name only. It was clear that the facility had once been apartments – and low-quality ones at that – and I couldn’t help feeling unbelievably sorry for the woman when I saw how messy the one-bedroom was.

“Who lives like this?” I asked, horrified as I stepped around a plate of half-eaten food – it looked to be rotting spaghetti, but I couldn’t be sure given the mold – sitting in the middle of the tiny living room. “Did someone break in and do this?”

“No, this is how she left it,” Landon replied, riffling through a stack of mail. “Women are messier than men in some instances. When I first started dating Bay she left her underwear around the guesthouse. She wasn’t the only one. Thistle and Clove did it, too. They didn’t think anything of it. So when I sat on the couch I’d find my head leaning against a bra and panties. It was … distracting, to say the least.”

“Was it dirty?” Jack’s expression was grim. “Like … were they stripping in the middle of the living room and just leaving their panties behind?”

Landon narrowed his eyes as he glanced over his shoulder. “That’s my girlfriend you’re picturing.”

“I didn’t say it wasn’t,” Jack argued. “I was simply asking a question.”

“I know exactly what you were asking, because I asked it, too,” Landon countered. “I pictured them having pillow fights and giggling. That’s not what was happening.”

“What was happening?”

“Don’t answer that question,” Chief Davenport growled. “I don’t want to know what they were doing. Those are my sweethearts. All three of them.”

“Even Thistle?” I asked, dubious.

“Even Thistle,” the chief replied, not missing a beat. “She looked like an angel when she was little. So did Clove and Bay. Bay had all of that light hair, and I swear there were times I looked at her and saw a halo.” He took on a wistful expression. “I won’t allow whatever story you’re about to tell to tarnish that halo.”

“No, it’s not,” Landon argued. “There’s nothing nefarious or dirty about the story. Well, actually that’s not entirely true. All three of those girls were filthy. They refused to clean up after themselves. They’d strip on the way to the shower and just leave panties and bras behind. I was so disappointed when I learned the truth.”

Bay poked her head out of the bedroom. “You know I can hear you, right?”

“That’s why I’m talking so loud,” Landon replied.

Bay rolled her eyes. “Did you notice that the window in here doesn’t latch properly?”

Landon stilled, amusement from his storytelling skills fading as he moved in Bay’s direction. “No. Are you sure?”

“Would I have said it if I wasn’t sure?”

Curious, I followed the rest of the group into the bedroom. Penny was apparently even more slovenly when it came to this small space, because I had to take a step back when I saw the mountain of laundry heaped on the bed. “Did she leave that, too?”

“No, we came

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