Fools and Madmen by CJ Love

Author:CJ Love
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: humorous stories, romantic mysteries, small town mysteries, cozy mystery series, amateur female sleuth, bakery mysteries, shakespearean themes
Publisher: Columbine Publishing Group, LLC

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Becca and Delia sat on either side of the wedding cake in the back of the van. They held out their hands to protect it without actually touching the frosting—just in case Captain Kangaroo Bogart hit another pothole.

“Slow down,” Becca shouted to him. “This isn’t a lunch order.”

“I think we should pretend it is so we can all stop FREAKING OUT ABOUT IT!” Bogart’s dark eyes glared at them in the review mirror.

“I don’t have that big of an imagination,” Delia told him. She was still in her black jeans and brown and white gingham shirt—actually, all of them were—so that they could transport the cake into the church fellowship hall. Delia had brought along her blue floral skirt and pale blue blouse to change into for the ceremony. “I wonder how Juliet is doing right now? I’d be a basket case if I was just about to walk down the aisle.”

Becca nodded. She still wore a paper hat on her straight brown hair. “I bet she’s had every minute of this planned out long ago.”

Bogart said over his shoulder, “I’ll bet Paris doesn’t even know what time the wedding starts. He’s probably playing golf or out yachting.”

Delia shook her head. “He would never. He’s too perfect to do something like that.”

Becca’s body jostled lightly with the motion of the van. “Is Ty actually going to be in the wedding? Is he a groomsman? Or a bridesmaid …?”

“He’s wearing tails, so I imagine he’s a groomsman.”

“Oh my goodness,” Becca said. “This I gotta see.”

Delia nodded. “He said he’d help serve and clean up once he changes out of the suit, but I told him to forget it and have fun. He and Juliet are close.”

“He’s not much for cleaning up,” Bogart said. “He left a big bag of trash on the metal table in the kitchen.”

“No, that was me,” Delia confessed. “I brought it from home. It’s the bag the cleaning lady threw at me the other night.”

“The one you stole, you mean?” Bogart asked.

Becca wrinkled her nose. “She didn’t steal anything.”

“Oh really? I think that makes you complicit in this unchecked trash theft.”

“Whatever,” Becca told him and then gazed at Delia again. “Why are you carrying the bag around?”

“I’m not exactly carrying it around. I just don’t have enough room in my apartment to pour it all over the place.” She leaned forward as though to tell a secret. “I pieced something together last night.” She pulled the heavy paper out of her jean pocket and held it up for Becca to see.

“What does that say?”

“I want a relationship.”

“Are you sure? It’s tough to read.”

“No,” Delia said, turning it over in her hand. “It’s messy handwriting, too. Almost like a child wrote it.”

“Does Thomi write like that?”

“No, she has beautiful penmanship.”

Bogart stared at the road. “I think that’s the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say the word penmanship in a sentence.”

“So, whoever this is, wants a relationship with Eddie,” she continued, staring at the writing. “Thomi might find this interesting.

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