The Merry Messy Mummy by R. A. Muth

Author:R. A. Muth [Muth, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cats, Cozy, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Thriller
Publisher: Independently published
Published: 2021-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Ugh. So much for keeping the map a secret. I watched as Hank returned to his seat beside Hazel. We had only met the handyman this week. Who knew how well Marci looked into his background before hiring him? After all, she hired Hazel and me on a whim on the same day we discovered her aunt's squeaky-clean skeleton. Thor curled at the man's feet. He couldn't be too bad if the dog liked him, right?

I was so deep into my thoughts, I missed the first part of Hazel and Hank's conversation. Ugh! Nothing was going as planned.

"Exploring the lighthouse sounds like a great idea, but we have to wait until they're having dinner. Marci's taking my brother to the new vegan restaurant. He's going to hate it," Hazel punctuated her words with an evil little grin.

Hank commiserated, "Poor guy. I'm more of a meat and potatoes man myself."

"I bet your wife enjoys cooking all kinds of things for you," I mentioned on Hazel's behalf.

"Nope. It's only me and Thor, the best bachelors in Honeybee Falls."

"We don't get over there too much. Usually, we're heading to Fort James Harbor for blueberry whoopie pies, or the bakery in Cricket Creek, or the other place on Puffin Island," Hazel trailed off.

Hank laughed. "Am I sensing a theme?"

"Aye, ye are. In the entire time since I've known these lasses, nary a one has set foot in a kitchen for anything but coffee."

Although it wasn't as though Rune had revealed a big secret, he made it sound like we had no culinary skills at all. Aside from making coffee, as he so helpfully pointed out. It wasn't our fault if Rune's abilities exceeded both of ours combined. Mercutio jumped into my lap, the way he did whenever anxiety rose inside me. The cat nudged his head against my chin until I got the hint and stroked my hands along his sides. His purr grew louder with each minute until I tuned out the human chatter. Although I would have loved to spend the rest of the evening with my cat, it was time to circle back to more important issues.

"Let's kill time by talking to some of the people on our list," I suggested.

Hazel amended, "You mean eliminate suspects? Great idea! Let's take the van!"

"A van? Like the Mystery Machine?" Hank asked.

Hazel giggled like a middle-school girl whose crush had stopped by her locker to chat between classes. "You could say that."

"The sooner we leave, the more ground we can cover," I said. Hazel had plenty of time to flirt later. Most of the town thought she was still married to Sven, for goodness' sake. "Make sure we take the map and journal with us in case we go straight to the lighthouse."

Hazel put the items in her tote and pushed a remote start on the van.

I put Mercutio on the floor and promised him extra portions of his favorite salmon-flavored treats if he played nice with Thor before making my way to the van.

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