Better Watch Out by Christina Freeburn

Author:Christina Freeburn [Freeburn, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635115079
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2019-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

No, it couldn’t be. Tears filled my eyes. Hastily, I swiped them away, not wanting Cassie to see. Poor Cassie. Rachel was also her friend. Her employer. A mentor. How would she take the news? I hoped I was wrong. The top wish on my Christmas list was Rachel not being a murderer.

How could I prove myself right or wrong? I should know for certain before I called the police on my friend. Tears dripped down my cheeks. I wiped them away and took in small breaths, hoping to settle down. The computer. I could sneak back to Rachel’s office and see if the image on the monitor was footage from the security camera.

Jack paused in gathering up the coats and hats his sister’s offspring had scattered around the bookstore. “What’s wrong? Is he here?”

“No.” I stopped myself from saying nothing was wrong. I needed help in creating a diversion, and Jack had some resources available. “Can you hand me a book? Doesn’t matter which.”

“Sure.” Jack grabbed a book from the nearest shelf and handed it to me.

“I need a diversion,” I whispered, discretely placing the letter stickers between random pages. Didn’t want anyone getting rid of them while I poked around.

“What?”

“I have to look at something in Rachel’s office and need her to stay out here. I also don’t want her to see me leave.”

“Does this have anything to do with Eric?”

Did it? It was a good question. Maybe Eric had killed his wife and somehow wrapped Rachel into it. The guy had threatened me at gunpoint. There was a likelihood he did the same to Rachel. “Possibly.”

“I’ll see what I can do for you. I’ve always been a sucker for a lady in distress.” Jack surveyed the room, settling his gaze on his niece. The little girl was in front of a bookshelf, looking up at the top row of books. He grinned. “I think with help from a naughty elf, I can create quite the distraction.”

I hoped so. Scanning the store, I spotted Rachel in the cookbook section. Cassie was reading to children. Which meant Garret would be manning the register. Perfect. I picked up the book where I hid the stickers and made my way to the end of the line. It was three people deep. If anyone else got in line, Rachel would open up the other register. Please let everyone else continue to browse.

It would be nearly impossible to sneak into the office if Rachel was at the register. Jack and his niece would have to create one heck of a distraction for Rachel to abandon buying customers.

“That’s not what I meant!” Jack bellowed. “Get down from there.”

“She’s going to die!” A little boy screeched.

“Mom is going to kill you,” another little boy announced, a little too gleefully.

I couldn’t help it, I turned around to look instead of sneaking my way into the office. My mouth dropped open. Customers gasped. Rachel screeched and ran toward the case the toddler used as a ladder.

Wilhelmina was standing on the top shelf of a ten-foot tall bookcase.

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