The Inn at Holiday Bay: Note in the Nutcracker by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2019-12-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Mark Westgate was tall and thin, with thick dark hair cut in a conservative style. He had dark eyes and a nice smile, which, when closely evaluated, somehow felt calculated. If I had to guess, Mark was used to being “on,” and probably didn’t even realize that he carried his coat of confidence around like armor. I spoke to him briefly when he arrived, and he was polite and focused. He asked several pointed questions about the inn, the surrounding area, and even the other guests before heading up to his room to answer some emails. After two minutes of talking to the man, I’d decided that he probably wasn’t going to be the one to provide Mylie with marriage, babies, and happily ever after, but he did have an energy most would enjoy.

It seemed apparent to me that Mark Westgate was a wheeler and dealer, always looking to make a buck, and always searching for an angle that would allow him to do just that. I knew he was in Holiday Bay to look at some property he was thinking of developing, and suddenly I found myself wondering exactly where that property was located. It seemed to me that Georgia had mentioned a luxury resort. Most folks who build luxury resorts were looking for waterfront locations. I loved the isolation of my waterfront location, and suddenly I found myself hoping this guy wasn’t in town to look at land in my own backyard. I supposed when he came down, that I’d simply ask him which property he was in town to check out. For all I knew, he might be looking to build his resort miles from where the Inn at Holiday Bay was located. At least I hoped that was the case.

“So, how did it go?” Georgia asked after I joined her in the kitchen, where she was taking today’s cookies out of the oven. Mylie had gone cross country skiing with Riley though she’d told me that she planned to mostly avoid him, Jeremy and Annabelle were getting ready for the Christmas pageant, and Christy and Haley had gone somewhere with Noah.

“It was intense,” I admitted. “I’m trying very hard to stay objective and a bit removed from the whole thing, but it’s hard. I want to help Pamela find her answer, but I am hesitant to get pulled too deeply into what was a seriously tragic event.”

“I get it. It happened a long time ago, which would seemingly make it easier to stomach, but hearing about it for the first time from the person who actually lived through it, must make it seem very real indeed. After speaking with Pamela, do you have a better idea if her father is innocent as she believes?”

I poured myself a cup of coffee. “Not really. It looks like her memories are fragmented and riddled with gaps and inconsistencies, which makes me wonder if we can trust them at all.”

“What do you mean?” Georgia asked.

I started by sharing the

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