Haunted Happenings by Lucrezia Black

Author:Lucrezia Black [Black, Lucrezia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

A Storm

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His room at the inn was exactly in accordance with his expectations. It had a comfortable-enough single bed, a small desk, and a dresser for him to place his clothes in if he so chose. There was a small bathroom in his room with a stall shower, toilet, and sink.

The room he’d reserved at the Holiday Inn had been much nicer, but he would have to accept this downgrade. He was staying here now and that was the end of it.

He wasted some time in the room reviewing the little information he had on the case before lunchtime. He knew that Elder Walford had told him to wait until the end of the workday to talk to people, but he didn’t have the patience for that. He would prefer not to be in the village any longer than he had to be.

He returned to the main floor to find the restaurant just filling up with people. Grace was still seated at the counter, now working on a hat, with the completed booties on the counter in front of her. Working the floor of the restaurant was a teenage girl with carrot orange hair and a face full of freckles.

Aaron had a moment to wonder about this. He wondered about the whole economic system of the village. It was self-sustaining, but did it deal in money? Was it service based? Had they reverted to a trade based system in order to survive?

He pushed those thoughts out of his mind as he headed for the counter. It didn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. He wanted to take this chance to talk to Grace without Elder Walford present. He wanted to see what had really happened to Luke.

“May I have a moment of your time, Mrs. Allen?” He leaned against the counter companionably and offered a warm smile. She glanced up from her knitting and looked a little surprised to see him there.

“Is there something wrong with your room, Officer Swinton?” Her brows creased in concern. He could sense that, had he offered any criticism with his room, she would jump to correct it.

“No, the room is perfect. Thank you for your hospitality.” He folded his hands together and seemed to consider how best to approach her with his line of questioning. He figured it was probably best if he was simply direct. There was no need to beat around the bush. He needed her to give him answers.

“Mrs. Allen, when did you first realize that Luke was missing?”

Her brows creased at the question as though she was struggling to bring the memory back to the front of her mind. She chewed on her thumbnail as she thought about it. He hadn’t thought that it was a difficult question, but she seemed to be struggling with it a great deal.

“It was three days ago,” she muttered as she continued to chew on her thumbnail as though the action helped her focus on the memory. “He didn’t come to help me with the dinner shift like he always does.

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