High Tide by Ann Summerville

Author:Ann Summerville
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cornwall, cozy mystery, british mystery
Publisher: Ann Summerville

Chapter 9

Under a gray-dappled English sky, a train pulled away from the Truro platform and Gia stood on tip toe looking for Holly who waved then ducked into the ladies room. Gia had returned with David on Sunday, leaving Holly with Natalie in Venice.

With a sigh, Gia left the station and unlocked her Volkswagen Golf. Holly couldn’t be far from a mirror for any length of time and was probably fluffing her hair and refreshing her lipstick.

“Thanks for picking me up from the station,” said Holly a few minutes later as she stuffed her suitcase, along with some bright yellow plastic bags stamped Duty Free, into the back and closed the hatch.

Gia climbed behind the wheel. “I was beginning to wonder if you were ever coming home. Honestly Holly, I never know what you’re going to do.”

They maneuvered into traffic and headed down Station Road.

Holly shrugged and pulled down the visor, running her finger along the outline of her coral pink lips. “I have an adventurous spirit.”

“You said you were going to work to get ahead on your car payments,” Gia reminded her, then turned the wheel sharply, causing Holly to fall against the door.

“Steady on Gia. What are you so ticked off about?” Holly eyed her friend with suspicion then nodded. “I get it. Tiffany. That explains the dark rings under your eyes.”

“I don’t want to talk about Tiffany and I don’t have dark rings. I just . . . I . . . Anyway, don’t change the subject. How could you afford to stay so long in Venice?”

“It was only three days. Natalie’s dad knows the owner of the hotel we stayed in, so we all got a free room which is just as well.” Holly unwrapped pink chewing gum and popped it into her mouth.

“I swear, Holly, if you fell down a drain you’d find a gold ring down there.”

Their conversations often resembled a ping pong ball passing backwards and forwards and Gia rarely expected to get Holly’s right brain thinking to move left.

“What do you mean just as well?” Gia asked as they drove down the hill.

“My bank card wouldn’t work. I ran out of money.” She smacked her gum.

After mastering a roundabout, Gia glanced at Holly and wondered why she bothered. Holly’s temporary bout of responsibility had drifted off as quickly as it had arrived. She had more chance of reasoning with her neighbor, Jimmy and he was seven. Taking a deep breath, she tried again.

“Have you called the bank?” Gia asked.

“I called Stefan and he said he would get it sorted, but the card still won’t work.” Holly blew a large pink bubble until it burst.

“What about your savings?”

“I can’t get to any of it. I’ll go to the bank later. Is Tiffany still around then?”

“David was supposed to meet her this morning.” Gia blended into traffic on a double roundabout. “I hate these roundabouts. How on earth do you figure out who’s supposed to go first?”

“I just close my eyes and drive through.”

“You what?”

“I’m kidding.

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