Death by Strawberry Cupcake by Rose Pressey

Author:Rose Pressey [Pressey, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Maybe I would regret this, but I’d made a decision to go back to the candy shop owner’s house. I just wanted to take another look around and see if I had missed anything. Plus, what if the police had missed something. I was sure they had checked the place thoroughly but hadn’t really looked that well in the backyard. That was the one spot where I didn’t get a good look. I had been too scared to step out there. But now I felt a bit safer doing that. It was a good thing I just wanted to look in the backyard because it was unlikely that I would get inside.

After turning onto the street my anxiety grew as I got closer to the house. I could do this, I reminded myself. I had to be brave and just suck it up, Buttercup. I pulled up near the house, but I stopped short because I didn’t want to park right in front of it.

I sat there for a bit before getting up enough nerve to actually get out of the car. It was hard for me to even open the car door. But I was brave, and I got out. Now I was headed down the sidewalk toward the house. It felt like forever since we’d found his body, yet it seemed like it was yesterday. It really hadn’t been that long. It was all still fresh in my mind.

I sure hoped that the neighbor wasn’t outside tending to her rose bushes. Not that she wasn’t nice, and I didn’t want to talk to her, but how would I explain that I was poking around in the murdered man’s backyard? It was one thing to lie about being interested in the house across the street, but this would be totally obvious.

The house came in to view, and luckily, I didn’t see the neighbor outside. I hurried around the side of the house hoping that the gate wouldn’t be locked.

The backyard had been well tended to previously, but it was starting to need a mow now. Weeds were popping up in the flower beds. I wasn’t sure who would be taking care of the house. Did the couple have children? It wasn’t clear to me, but it didn’t appear that they did. There were no signs of that in the house when I poked around. Did they have other family in town?

A few lush oak and magnolia trees lined the perimeter of the backyard and some flowers around the landscaping at the back of the house. A patio table, chairs, and open umbrella were just waiting for somebody to sit underneath and enjoy a glass of lemonade. I stopped by the back door, looking around on the ground. Maybe the killer had dropped something. Sadly, there was absolutely nothing. I made a few more steps into the yard and scanned the rest of the backyard.

I headed across the thick green grass toward the back gate. It had been open that day.

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