Dead on Doughnuts_A Culinary Cozy Mystery by Sarah Jane Weldon

Author:Sarah Jane Weldon [Weldon, Sarah Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isla Britannica Books
Published: 2018-09-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Ski Shop, Val D’Isera ski resort, Austria: 3rd December 2018

Daan placed the ski boot on the counter and dug around inside the liner with his hand, feeling for a loose edge.

“Hmm. I can’t feel any edges. What about your sock, how does that feel?”.

The lady bent down and pulled off her long ski sock, revealing brightly painted, immaculate toe nails. She slipped her arm into the sock and felt around for the source of the sharp scratchy feel. “Ahaha. Yes Daan, I think you are right”. She pulled a thorn from her sock and slipped it back on her foot. “Problem solved”.

Daan smiled. “I know my ski boots Mrs Vicini”.

“Please. Call me Camilla”. Mrs Vicini encouraged. “Mrs Vicini makes me feel so old”.

Her daughter sulked. “You are old mother”.

Mrs Vicini looked wildly at her daughter, rather irritated by her offspring. “Oh hush now Francesca. Stop being such a whiney teen. It doesn’t suit you”.

Her daughter Francesca stormed off. “Whatever mother”.

“Sorry about that Daan. Honestly teenagers these days, you’d think they’d be delighted that you’d taken them off skiing for the winter holidays. She have been far happier if I’d simply left her at home, locked in her bedroom with access to the internet. I don’t know what the world’s coming to”.

Daan nodded politely. It was best not to get involved in family arguments, and he certainly saw all sorts of families here in the ski shop. It had been a very busy morning.

“Ahh mate, am I glad to see you?”. Daan hugged Karl as Karl handed him a cup of coffee from the coffee shop. “Courtesy of Maddy and Eloise. They thought you might need it dude.”

Daan took a long sip and smacked his lips together. “Hot, strong, and black, just how I like it. Those girls really do know how to make a decent cup of coffee. Honestly I thought I might start to lose my patience with some of the customers today. It’s always the same. The first days they start off excited and happy, by mid holiday they are getting bored, and by the end of the week they’ve all fallen out and can’t wait to get back home. You couldn’t write this stuff, I tell you”. Daan took another long drink of his coffee. “How’s Nicklas after the glacier incident?”.

Karl shook his head. “Hard to tell. He acts like it was just one of those things, but it’s clearly doing his head in”.

Daan tutted. “Poor bloke. Still at least no one was hurt”.

Karl looked hesitant.

“What?”. Asked Daan, curious at seeing the look on Karl’s face. “What is it buddy?”.

Karl sucked in the air. “I dunno. I probably should just keep my mouth shut, but, well. I guess. Well, I kind of think that maybe it will do him good in some way, you know to have things go wrong for once. He’s always been so perfect, he’s always been the favourite son”.

Daan laughed. “What do mean ‘favourite son’. You’re twins for God’s sake, how can your parents possibly have favourites?”.

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