Custard Crime: Donut Mystery #14 (The Donut Mysteries) by Jessica Beck

Author:Jessica Beck
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Cozy Publishing
Published: 2014-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“What do we do?” Grace asked in a whisper. “Should we barge in and see what he’s up to, do we call Jake, or do we leave and pretend that this never happened?”

“I don’t know,” I said, whispering back. “None of those options sound like good ones to me.”

“Well, we don’t have much time,” Grace said. “We don’t know how long the chief’s planning to stay in there.”

“Let’s give him a minute and see what he does,” I urged.

“You’re the one who wanted to run away in the first place, remember?”

“That was before I knew that the burglar was our police chief,” I replied. We watched as he walked over to the kitchen, peered into a few cabinets, and then headed off toward Evelyn’s bedroom. “Let’s go.”

“Are we honestly going to just leave without seeing what he’s up to?” Grace asked me.

“No, we’re going to see if we can get a better look through the window in there,” I answered.

“Now you’re talking,” Grace said.

We hurried over to the bedroom window and tried to peek inside. Only a part of the shade was pulled, so it was tougher to see in there, but when I looked through the glass, I saw the chief holding the framed photo of him and his late wife on their wedding day. Was it purely sentimental? I thought so at first, but then I saw him turn the frame over and quickly remove the back of it. I’d never thought of searching there for anything! As Chief Martin took the backing off, something fluttered to the floor, but I couldn’t see what it was. I had been within inches of that frame just moments ago, not to mention whatever clue that might be hiding there, but I hadn’t been smart enough to look behind the picture.

What could it be?

I was about to ask Grace her opinion when I glanced over at her and saw something that made the question die in my throat before I even had a chance to ask it.

Evidently our breaking and entering hadn’t gone unnoticed after all.

Someone was standing at the corner of the house, staring at us with the most disapproving expression that I’d ever seen in my life.

Grace must have seen my face at the instant I spotted our unwelcome guest.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

All I had to do was point.

“Ladies, what are you up to now?”

It was a question I wasn’t really prepared to answer, especially not to the person asking.

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