Cinnamon Roll Secrets: A Freshly Baked Cozy Mystery by Kathleen Suzette

Author:Kathleen Suzette [Suzette, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
Publisher: Kathleen Suzette
Published: 2023-07-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

It wasn’t thirty minutes after Lynn left when there was another knock on my door. I had been mulling over what she told me about Merlene, and I couldn’t help but wonder if she might be his killer.

“I wonder who that could be?” I mused, rising from the kitchen table. I had just finished washing the morning dishes, and another batch of cinnamon rolls was in the oven.

I wiped my hands on a dish towel and headed to the door.

“Oh!” I exclaimed when I opened my door.

Margaret Johnston smiled at me from the front step. “Good morning, Allie. I hope I’m not disturbing you.”

I shook my head and returned her smile. “No, not at all. How are you doing, Margaret?”

She shrugged. “I guess I’m doing about as well as can be expected. Still trying to make myself understand that my son is dead.” Her bottom lip trembled when she said it, but she quickly recovered and smiled again.

I shook my head. “I’m so sorry. This must be so hard for you. Would you like to come in? I’m baking fresh cinnamon rolls, and I’ve got coffee ready.”

“I would love to.”

I ushered her into the kitchen and fetched fresh coffee cups and plates. I had never had two visitors to my home on the same day, especially two unexpected visitors who were related to a murder victim, but I wasn’t about to complain. The more information I could gather, the better.

“I’ll get that cinnamon roll and coffee for you.”

She nodded and sat at the table. “That would be wonderful. Allie, you bake the best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever tasted. I’m a fairly good baker myself, but I don’t think I can bake a cinnamon roll half as well as you can.”

I smiled at her praise, but I was a bit suspicious as to why she was lavishing it so generously. “Oh, Margaret, you’re flattering me. But I do like to hear that someone appreciates my baking.”

“I’m not flattering you. I mean it. They’re simply the best cinnamon rolls that I’ve ever eaten.”

“Thank you,” I said, filling two cups with coffee and setting out two cinnamon rolls. I wasn’t sure I could eat another cinnamon roll since I just finished one when Lynn was here, but I was going to do my best.

“What brings you out this way, Margaret?”

She took a sip of her coffee before answering. “I don’t know. I guess I was a bit lonely, and it was so kind of you to bring those cinnamon rolls by the other day. In fact, I was thinking I would like to place an order for three dozen cinnamon rolls for the meal after Jack’s funeral, if you have the time.”

I nodded. “Of course I have the time. I’ll even make them for free. They’ll be my donation.”

Her eyes widened. “Oh, are you sure? You don’t have to do that. I would gladly pay you for them.”

I shook my head. “It would be my honor to make them for you. I’ll get them baked and drop them by your house early in the morning.

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