The Tangled Web by Lacey Dearie

Author:Lacey Dearie [Dearie, Lacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Peanut Publishing
Published: 2011-11-30T06:00:00+00:00

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The two hours which followed passed slowly for Flic. She was attentive and made notes whenever possible, although the spellings of words compared with how they sounded when Pawel pronounced them baffled her. For the most part, she ignored Lumi and pretended not to know anything about her and instead chatted to Mrs. Notepad next to her like they were old friends. When Pawel announced the class was over and anyone who wanted to stay behind and visit his kitchen was welcome to do so, Flic caught sight of Lumi grabbing her bag and coat, heading towards the door hurriedly.

She shot from her chair and rushed after Lumi, leaving her own bag and coat sitting in Pawel’s living room, calling to Pawel that she would be back in a minute.

Lumi was heading down the path when Flic caught her.

‘Diana! Wait! I need to tell you something.’

Lumi peered over her shoulder at Flic and sighed. ‘What is it? I’m in a hurry.’

‘Vicky and I tried to look for you. We had a problem.’

‘I’m not selling magazines anymore. I moved on.’

‘Where to?’ Flic probed.

‘I have my own business now. Did you see the cupcakes on the table tonight? I brought them. I sell cupcakes in the shopping mall. I have my own stall,’ she divulged.

‘Cupcakes?’ Flic repeated.

‘Yes. I make them myself. And I decorate them. My boyfriend owns the stalls in the shopping mall. He suggested the idea. You should visit me and buy some. You look like you could use a few cupcakes. No offence,’ she said, looking Flic up and down.

Flic held her tongue, although she was tempted to let rip. Cheeky mare. Who was she to comment on Flic’s figure? Instead she dazzled a smile and said, ‘Congratulations on your new business. I’ll come and buy some of your cupcakes next time I’m in the town centre.’

‘Did you want to tell me something?’ Lumi urged.

‘Yes, I did. We were trying to find you because somebody recognised you from the picture we used on our honey’s profile,’ Flic informed her.

Lumi clearly hadn’t expected Flic to say this. She appeared to have halted and turned her whole body to face Flic now instead of edging away and facing out to the street.

‘Really? Who?’

‘His name is Magnus. He recognised you and started asking questions, so we deleted him as a friend of the honey and blocked him.’

Lumi cast her eyes down for a moment. When she looked up, she was wary again, the way she had been when Flic first entered Pawel’s living room that night. She appeared to be mulling over the information Flic had given her and Flic suspected she had questions of her own, even if she wasn’t forthcoming with her feelings on the matter.

‘Who is Magnus? Why was he Diana’s friend?’ Lumi asked.

‘He’s our business partner. He’s involved in the financial side of HunE-trap Investigations, and he’s a friend of my boyfriend. He and Vicky are seeing each other. But he knew nothing about our deal with you.

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