Trifle and Trouble (No-Bake Cozy Mysteries Book 2) by Ramona Ransom

Author:Ramona Ransom [Ransom, Ramona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2021-01-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Later that night, Nessa cuddled up in a cozy blanket on the couch, watching her favorite TV show. Her grandfather had stayed late at the bakery again, working on a last-minute order but had told her to go home and get some rest. She knew he was probably just being nice, and he really only wanted her out of his way while he baked, but whatever it was, was fine by her. Nothing too crazy had happened in her life recently other than the decision to move to Lake Wilawalo permanently, but she was exhausted and felt like she hadn’t stopped moving since she’d arrived in town.

Once her show was over, she felt herself nodding off and was jolted by her grandfather’s key sliding into the lock. She never was a very heavy sleeper and briefly wished she’d gone upstairs to bed already. It wasn’t until her grandfather began to tell her about what had happened at the bakery that she began to get a second wind.

“How did she know you’d be there?” Nessa asked, referring to Susie, the woman who was second in command with The Lunch Bunch.

“She didn’t. Or that’s what she told me, anyway. She was walking by just as I closed and was locking the door behind me.”

“Interesting,” Nessa said, not fully believing that the woman just happened to be taking a walk after dark and had stumbled upon her grandfather. “What did she want?”

“She asked if I’d heard about Ellen, and then we got to talking about her group and their meetings. She said the rest of the group felt obligated to keep going to The Shack each week, but she wanted to check with me again about having them at the bakery.”

“Also interesting.”

Lex wagged a finger at her. “You shouldn’t be so suspicious. You’re worse than Ranger.”

“She’s already been to the bakery once about changing the meeting spot, then the minute Ellen is gone, she’s back asking around again. Isn’t it at least a little possible that something with her is suspicious?”

“In what way? You know they took that chef in for questioning. It’s not like the police would do that without a good reason,” Lex reminded her.

“I’m sure there’s a great reason. I mean, heck, even I know the reason they’d question him, but they haven’t arrested him yet. There’s no proof it was him.”

“So, then you think Susie killed Ellen because she wanted to be Queen Bee?” Lex asked.

“Actually, no. I was thinking that if Ellen treated Kyle the way she did, who was all but a stranger to her, then imagine how she treated someone she knew well. I didn’t at all consider it to be a rivalry of sorts, but that’s a really good theory, too.”

Lex huffed. “That is not what I was trying to do. I didn’t for one second think that I was standing next to a murderer. Susie only wanted to help out the group. I may be biased, but everyone loves the bakery. It’s not that outlandish to think they might actually want to meet there.

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