Witch of a Godmother by Belinda White

Author:Belinda White [White, Belinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Cozy, witch cozy
Publisher: Belinda White
Published: 2020-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I noticed she was looking at me rather strangely.

“That didn’t seem to surprise you. I’m wondering why.”

I reached over and rearranged baby Pearl a bit on Tory’s lap before answering. When I did, my voice was low. “That’s because I’ve been kind of thinking the same thing.”

Her eyebrows arched upward. “Truly? Because everyone else seems to think I’m obsessed with the whole thing. Not that my obsession has ever gotten one single bit of resulting action. The whole world except for us seems to be ready to believe the worst of Ashley. But then, they didn’t know her, did they?”

“I didn’t know her either, but I find the timing extremely odd for it to have been an accident. But I suppose it is possible that she was upset and simply missed a curve?”

Callie shook her head fervently. “No. Not Ashley. She was killed. I’m sure of it.” She hesitated. “I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume you know why she was in town?”

“Pretty sure she was here to meet her father.”

Callie nodded. “And I take it you have an idea who that is?”

“I’m thinking Malcolm Fontaine.”

She took a deep breath. “You’re thinking right. Maggie was working as a maid for the Fontaines when she became with child. She never told me he was the father, but I had my suspicions.”

“How did Ashley find out?”

Callie looked away. “On her deathbed, Maggie weakened and told her. Had her pen a letter to her father and everything. She couldn’t bear the idea of leaving Ashley alone in the world without someone to look after her.” She grunted. “Like Malcolm would have been up to that job.”

“Did he turn her away?” I knew the answer to that from the journals, but I wanted to know how she thought things had gone down.

“No. He didn’t even care enough to meet her. Even after Maggie’s letter, he refused to see her. Not that I expected any different from the man. He always was a greedy old turd. Probably afraid she was out to claim an inheritance or something.” Her watery eyes were back on mine. “That wasn’t why she was here, you know, money. She truly just wanted to know her dad. Sad she never even got to do that.”

“What if Malcolm never got that letter?” I was pretty positive that if he’d gotten a letter from the lost love of his life he would have at least mentioned it in his nightly journal round. He hadn’t.

Her eyes narrowed. “Are you suggesting that he didn’t know she came to town?”

I thought for a minute before nodding. “I’m not saying that’s what happened. But I think Malcolm felt bad for how things went with Maggie. I think, there at the end, he wanted to make it right.” And the telltale sign of all was the fact that he hadn’t even known of Ashley’s death. They had even kept that from him.

Callie looked down at her hands. “I’d never thought about that possibility.

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