Witchwood Cozy Mystery Bundle by Jessica Lancaster

Author:Jessica Lancaster [Lancaster, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

I was taught pointing at people was rude, disrespectful in fact. To see a detective, come to some divine conclusion that I was the one responsible for the poor boy’s death, I was speechless at the conclusion.

My mouth was dry, preparing to question him. “What?” I said.

“You did it,” the detective said. “The only explanation is that this was a witch’s doing.”

There it was. The witch card, I was being played; a scapegoat.

I stepped back, pushed against the wall beside the table. “I was trying to find a bathroom,” I repeated. “There’s no proof it was me.”

He scoffed. “No physical evidence,” he said.

“Physical, metaphysical, whatever evidence it is you’re looking for, you won’t find a single item attached to me,” I replied, looking into all the gazing eyes.

“I can’t believe you’d do it,” Yan said, slowly shaking his head. “But you were sat beside him during the dinner, it’s highly possible.” He looked away, massaging the corners of his eyes. He moved away from his wife to take the floor, presenting himself and his ideas to the Kingsway family, like they were the judges and I was on trial.

“Please,” Vivian said. “Tell me how.”

Bella watched, like an observant viewer at a tennis match, back and forth.

“Witches have been known to go bad,” the professor said. “In search of power, in search of strength. We should tread carefully, we have no idea what she’s capable of doing.”

Perhaps it was all a great hoax. I caressed the gems across my rings. “If you’re such a great detective,” I said, pushing away from the wall to present my case. “Tell me, what do I have to gain, tell me why I did it.”

As any investigator knows, there are several motives as to why someone murders; revenge, hate, greed, jealousy, or more plainly, an ill-will, a number of reasons. I had none of those things, I was none of those people.

“Some people are just bad people,” Detective Daniels said.

Vivian looked around the room. “Do we have any witnesses?”

From out of the shadows, a figure approached the group. It carried a tray with a single tumbler glass of water.

The maid strutted through with her hand held high. “Me,” she said. “I saw.”

“Well, Anne, what did you see?” Ezra asked from behind his mother. “Did you see Evanora?”

She cleared her throat, nodding at his words. “I did see Miss Lavender.”

It wasn’t exactly a lie. I’d seen her, she’d seen me.

The butler then raised his hand. “I saw Miss Lavender, she stood over Elliott,” he said. “I didn’t think anything of it at first, but now I know she’s the cause of this.”

I scoffed back. “Liars,” I said. “That never happened.”

“Are you saying you weren’t found over Elliott’s body?” Daniel asked.

“No, they saw me. I heard Petra scream.”

Margot let out a hum. “Well, Petra seemed to think you had something to do with this as well,” she said. “That’s—” she counted the number on her fingers. “Four people accusing you. Where were you when Elliott was found?”

I paused to think, my teeth clung to the inside of my cheek.

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