The Halloween Love Spell by Morgana Best

Author:Morgana Best
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781925674613
Publisher: Best Cosy Books

Chapter 12

I drove back to the shop, gripping the steering wheel. What was going on? Surely Alder wasn’t two timing me, but that was twice now, and if the first was an innocent meeting, why hadn’t he mentioned it to me?

“It’s nothing,” Thyme said. “Amelia, you can’t be worried, surely? Alder would never cheat on you.”

I realised my knuckles clutching the steering wheel were white, so I loosened my grip. “I know.” And I did know. So why was I so upset? I let out a long sigh. “I’ll feel better when I get back to the shop and into my routine, I suppose.”

We spent the rest of the short trip in silence. I just couldn’t get Alder out of my mind. I knew it had to be innocent, but why the secrecy? As I approached the shop, I saw the mysterious woman walking down the street. “Look, Thyme! It’s her.”

“Follow her,” Thyme said urgently.

I slowed the car to a crawl, until a car came up behind me and I had to drive on at normal speed. “I’ve lost her.”

“Never mind. Head back to the shop and we might see her on the way.”

Unfortunately, there was no sign of her at all. I parked and went inside, and none too soon, because the shop was full. Thyme and I helped Ruprecht serve, and in no time at all we had cleared the crowd of customers.

“Sorry about that, Ruprecht,” I said when the last customer had left. I took the opportunity to inhale the scent of cupcakes. It was always comforting.

He waved my concerns aside. “That crowd only arrived moments before you came in,” he told me. “It was no trouble at all.”

Camino walked over and handed Ruprecht a steaming teacup. “Here’s some Elderberry tea for you. What did you find out?”

“Carol Hope used to live on a farm,” I told them. “She seems a little strange.”

Thyme nodded in agreement. “And the thing is, she told us how much she hated Myles Woods. Everything we heard was true—he did foreclose on her farm. She also didn’t like her husband, but she was getting his invalid pension money. If it wasn’t for that, I think she might have dispatched him to the great hereafter before his time.”

“My money’s on her,” I said. “I think she’s the murderer.”

Ruprecht stroked his chin. “I did some digging as well. By that I mean that I questioned any of the customers who knew Myles Woods or any of the suspects. I found out that Kristen Woods lives on the edge of town on a farm. It’s not a working farm, it’s an old orchard, but I’m sure she has chemicals lying around.”

“Let’s go and snoop around,” Thyme said.

I shook my head. “Kristen would be the number one suspect in the eyes of the police. They always think the spouse did it first up, until they have evidence to the contrary. I’m sure they’ve already searched her barn, and all of her outbuildings as well as her house.

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