The Catsgiving Feast by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2018-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Friday, November 16

I’d barely slept a wink the night before, as I tossed and turned and fretted about the situation and where it might lead. I hated seeing Cody so upset. It wasn’t at all like him to choose to spend time away from me when he knew Mr. Parsons was taken care of, so I was happy and relieved when he showed up at my cabin the next morning with a huge smile on his face.

“You look happy,” I said with a feeling of hope tinged with uncertainty.

Cody pulled me into his arms and gave me a lingering kiss. “I am. Finn called me early this morning to tell me the sheriff had made an arrest.”

“I assume based on your smile that the person arrested was someone other than your mother?”

Cody nodded. “Sheriff Fowler received an anonymous tip from ‘a concerned citizen’ yesterday afternoon, saying they’d seen Miranda Wells leaving the bakery at around four fifteen, after it should have been closed for the day. The witness said Miranda seemed sort of spooked and was looking around a lot as she exited the shop. Based on the tip, the sheriff was able to obtain a warrant to search Miranda’s shop and home and found a rolling pin with blood on it hidden in the storage room of the store.”

Talk about something being just a tad too convenient. “Did the blood belong to Sally?”

“It’s being tested, but it seems obvious what happened. Sally was threatening to put Miranda out of business by taking over the space she leases for her trinket shop. The suspicion from the beginning has been that Sally was hit over the head with a rolling pin, or something shaped like it, and a rolling pin with blood on it was found in Miranda’s storage room. Seems open and shut to me.”

I was less convinced this mess was really over, but he looked so happy that I forced a smile to my face. “I’m so relieved this seems to be cleared up. How’s your mother?”

“She’s obviously happy she’s off the hook. I spoke to the doctor in the hospital, and he said she should be fine. She’s been instructed not to take anything but her blood pressure medication until her doctor in Florida is able to do a full workup.”

“So she’s going home?”

Cody nodded. “We discussed it and decided that would be best. We aren’t sure when the wedding is going to take place, and Mom and Eric can’t stay here indefinitely. Mom already has an appointment with her doctor next week, so I booked them on a flight out of Seattle tomorrow morning at six a.m. I’ll take them over on the ferry today and spend the night in Seattle with them. I should be home by midafternoon.”

“That sounds like a good plan.” I hugged Cody. “I’m so happy things worked out.”

Cody ran a hand through his hair. “Me too. I have to say, I was really sweating bullets for a while. I hated thinking

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