Bake, Battle & Roll by Leighann Dobbs

Author:Leighann Dobbs [Dobbs, Leighann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Bakery - Amateur Sleuths
Published: 2013-07-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Lexy dipped her spoon into the thick custard and brought it to her lips. The sweetness from the sugar and the unmistakable flavor from the real vanilla bean she’d added danced on her tongue. The creaminess of the custard was like velvet in her mouth. Perfect.

She pulled over a tray of the small puff pastries she’d made to house the custard and set the bowl of chocolate she’d drizzle on the top next to her. Spooning the custard into a piping bag, she picked up a pastry, squeezed some custard inside then set it on another tray. She continued until she had one tray completed, then spooned the chocolate on top for a perfect set of miniature bite-sized éclairs.

She popped one into her mouth letting the flavorful explosion thrill her taste buds. They were just the way she wanted. She pulled another tray of puff pastries over and started repeating the process.

As she filled the pastries she thought about the previous evening’s excursion with Nans and the ladies. Could the biker gang have something to do with Dugasse’s murder? Why would Dugasse be involved with them? It didn’t make any sense.

She was trying to figure out how she could find out more about the bikers and what they were doing there when a grating voice cut into her thoughts from across the room.

“Miss Baker, what a surprise to find you here in the kitchen instead of pestering suspects.”

Lexy’s stomach tightened as she watched Detective Payne make his way over to her. He wore his usual plaid Bermuda shorts and had his spiral bound notebook and pencil in hand. His eyes slid from hers to the tray of éclairs.

“I have no idea what you mean,” Lexy said feigning innocence.

“You went to visit Victoria Dugasse?” He raised an eyebrow at her.

“My grandmother and I paid our condolences.”

“Hmm … well, she seemed to think you were doing more than that.” Grabbing an éclair from the tray, he stuffed it into his mouth before continuing. “I’d appreciate it if you left the police business to the police … besides the wife didn’t to it. The hotel records show that she was in the hotel gym at the time of death.”

Lexy’s eyebrows shot up. That was one person she could cross off her suspect list. She decided to test out Payne to see how much he knew.

She leaned closer to him and lowered her voice. “So, she didn’t kill him because of his affair with Sylvia Spicer?”

Payne’s forehead collapsed in a network of wrinkles. “Spicer? What makes you think they were having an affair?”

“They seemed awfully close. In fact Sylvia came right out after I found him and was very upset.”

“Well, of course she would be upset. Her boss was dead.” Payne glanced around the room looking for Sylvia, no doubt. “Maybe you are just implicating Sylvia because she has the damaging statement of finding you leaning over the dead body.”

Lexy pressed her lips together and leaned even closer. “Well, there is the matter of her getting promoted.

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