A Charming Corpse: :A Cozy Paranormal Mystery by Tonya Kappes

Author:Tonya Kappes [Kappes, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tonya Kappes
Published: 2018-04-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

While I was getting prepared to work on the bottles for the Piggly Wiggly, there was a tap on the door. When I looked to see who it was, I realized it was the same woman who’d parked in front of the police station while I had been talking to Leah.

“Good evening,” she greeted me with a smile. “I’m Nina Teeter from Lifestyle and I’ve got one of your bottles from Gabby Summerfield that was on order.” She held up the bag.

“Please,” I opened the door wide, “come in. I’d completely forgotten about that bottle.”

“I’m trying to get myself together, so I can deliver the products her customers had placed without skipping a beat. It’d be what she wanted.” She sighed and looked around the shop. “She told me about you and your shop. She said you were a fascinating woman.”

“You talked to her?” I questioned.

“Of course. She called me after the show at Crafty Crazy Chick to report her numbers. I’m the regional consultant.” She walked around the shop and picked up a couple of bottles.

Her body left me feeling sad and lonely, longing for Darla. It was when I began to tap into my intuition that I realized this woman wasn’t here by accident. She needed a potion for depression. The depression wasn’t for a loved one, it was for her life and how she’d been living her life.

“Tell me about the business.” I encouraged her to talk because the more she revealed, the more I could understand her hurt and what she needed, not to mention she might uncover something that had to do with Gabby’s murder.

“I started selling Lifestyle about five years ago when the oils started to become popular. At the time I lived in California and you know they like anything out there.” She offered a nice warm smile. “I moved to Locust Grove because the cost of living is cheaper, and no one was selling Lifestyle at the moment and if I wanted to move up in the company, I knew I was going to have to be a regional. They wanted to expand, and I took it.” She uncorked a bottle to smell it. “Gabby had such a bright future.”

“I take it that you were close?” I could feel the sorrow.

“I loved her like a daughter. I don’t have a daughter. She was so eager to learn. I spent a lot of time with her. Then she brought her friend, Beth, on board. She’s good but not like Gabby was good. Certainly, not like a daughter either.” There was a sarcastic, yet gentle, tone to her voice.

“Whispering Falls is so small, that I did notice you earlier when you went into the police station,” I said and watched as she circled the shop.

“Yes. Gabby doesn’t have any family and I really wanted to make sure the police here weren’t only on top of the investigation, but I also wanted to claim her body so I can give her a proper funeral.” Her eyes filled with tears and it broke my heart.

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