Deadly Sweet Tooth by Kaye George

Author:Kaye George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2020-03-11T05:19:07+00:00

Chapter 15

Tally slept poorly that night. A brief, violent thunderstorm interrupted the slumbering peace of Fredericksburg in the wee hours of the morning. She’d been fitfully dozing until then, but after the furor of the storm, she lay awake, stewing about the danger her parents were in and worrying about how to find the real killer.

When it was time to go to work she decided to walk to work off some of her nervous energy and worry. The storm had strewn the sidewalks with crepe myrtle petals. A vision of her as a bride, walking through rose petals to an altar, sprang—unwanted—into her mind.

Ha, she told herself. As if that would ever happen. She might dress up as a bride, but who would be waiting at the front of the church for her? Who would be her other half, the way her father was for her mother? They loved each other so much, worried about each other, took care of each other. On occasion they could finish each other’s sentences. Tally couldn’t imagine that ever happening between her and anyone she had ever known.

She’d seen Detective Jackson Rogers casually a few times, but how could she ever get close to someone who would suspect her father of murder? Last night she’d thought of Allen as a romantic partner, but was he? They had nothing in common and she wasn’t sure he would still be in town from one week to the next. There was no one.

As she turned the corner to approach Tally’s Olde Tyme Sweets from the front, she looked up. She was surprised to see Mrs. Gerg standing there.

“Yoo-hoo!” the older woman called when Tally was still half a block away. “I’m over here.”

Tally wondered why she hadn’t come to her house, as usual, but Mrs. Gerg soon explained.

“This gigantic neighborhood sale started early this morning and I got there as soon as it was opening, lucky me. I wanted to get this to you right away.” She held a small, oblong box out to Tally.

She knew what it was, of course. Another cheap necklace. Tally said thank you and took the box. When she opened it and saw the contents, she was glad she had already thanked Mrs. Gerg. She was speechless. The necklace was made of such cheap metal it appeared plastic. A large, openwork heart dangled on a dull silver chain. The word MOM was spelled across it in fake blue diamonds. Mom? She couldn’t help but give Mrs. Gerg a puzzled look.

The woman beamed. “It’s for you! You’re a mom now.”

“I am?” she croaked. For a moment, she thought she had lost track of reality. Maybe she had had a baby and Mrs. Gerg knew about it and she was suffering from amnesia.

“You are. You have a little fur baby. Well, a big fur baby.”

Tally nodded, still mostly speechless. It was a relief to find out what in the heck the woman was talking about. “I am, you’re right. Nigel is my new baby. Thanks so much.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.