The Pumpkin Problem: A 2nd Chance Diner Cozy Mystery (A 2nd Chance Diner Mystery Book 12) by Beth Byers

Author:Beth Byers [Byers, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2018-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I curled up next to Simon the next morning. It had to be 3:00am or so. He was sleeping deeply and I’d woken due to the usual frequent pressure on my bladder.

He was still sleeping and I could see how easy it would be to get up, leave the house and be back without him even knowing. The sky was black as pitch and I pulled away from him, padding out to the kitchen.

Even my constant companions, the dogs, didn’t follow me. I made myself a cup of chamomile tea and grabbed the notebook I’d started carrying when I realized I was forgetting things. Pregnancy brain was a real thing, and I’d become super absent minded. I flipped past the page of things we needed to order for the baby. I was having a hard time just ordering. I needed to read all the safety reviews. It was crazy how many things could kill a tiny human.

The next page was the list of people that Janice gave me who interacted regularly with Jerry. There was his ex-wife, his brother Dave, his sister Janice, her husband Herman. There was Jerry’s partner, Henry.

I had learned from too many murders in my life that the people who killed you were the ones who were supposed to love you. If someone ended up murdering me, Simon and Zee were the likeliest suspects. Maybe my employees if I somehow found them doing something shady. But, Simon was the number one. I knew he’d never hurt a hair on my head.

That didn’t mean the same of others who were married though. Jerry’s ex-wife had left him. Would she kill him now that they didn’t live together anymore? Maybe he was threatening their child in some way? Or trying to take her to court over something? Maybe she snapped?

Simon padded out to the kitchen and asked, “Are you ok?”

I nodded and then admitted, “I woke due to baby Olympics on my bladder and then couldn’t sleep. If I were murdered, it would be you who did it.”

Simon knew me well enough to know I was thinking about Jerry’s death, not making accusations towards him.

“So you think his ex killed him?”

I shook my head and shoved the paper towards him. I went and got a cup of tea for him while Simon read it over.

“So Janice wants you to investigate because you figured out the other killers?”

I nodded and leaned down to kiss his cheek.

“And Zee arranged for Janice to come in and talk to you.”

I nodded again.

“You know that she could just be trying to control the investigation?”

I shrugged and said, “Well, she might be manipulating me, but she has to worry about the pros more than me.”

Simon tangled his fingers with mine as he sipped his tea, and I snuggled close, taking his hand to put it over my belly where our baby was kicking me up one side. Simon grinned at me and then said, “It’s sad how something so miraculous is happening at the same time that something so terrible happened.

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