Honey Drop Dead by Laura Childs

Author:Laura Childs [Childs, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2023-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

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Theodosia drove her loaner back to the dealership and picked up her Jeep. Talked to them about the insurance for a few minutes, then drove home, windows down, enjoying the final sparse glow of sun on the horizon and the spring warmth that tinged the air.

Theodosia parked in her back alley, whistled a greeting to Earl Grey as she came in the back door, and ran upstairs. Once she’d changed clothes, she took Earl Grey out for a quick walk. It was dark now, a lovely evening, the sky mottled with purple clouds and an almost full moon peeping down from the heavens. A dove cooed from its leafy hideaway in an azalea bush, and as she ducked down a narrow alley, the air was redolent of something cooking on a backyard grill. Springtime nights were still cool and lush, but soon the heat and humidity of a Charleston summer would come creeping in.

Back home in her kitchen, Theodosia heated up some of Haley’s chicken and wild rice soup on the stove and popped a buttermilk scone in the microwave. She was planning to eat dinner, watch a little TV, then curl up with her new cookbook. Maybe dream about the quaint tea shops in Bath or the lush green Salisbury Plain. And definitely select a few recipes (with Haley’s input, of course) that would be perfect for the Fox and Hounds Tea they were planning to have later this summer.

Arranging her soup and scone on a wicker tray, Theodosia carried everything into her dining room, Earl Grey at her heels, and sat down. That’s when her cell phone let out an unmistakable burp.

Drat. Please don’t let this be one of those pesky telemarketers.

She pulled the phone from her pocket and checked the caller ID. It wasn’t a telemarketer; it was Haley. “Hello?” she answered. She thought Haley had gone to Ben’s tonight. That they planned to cook dinner together.

Words flooded out so fast and furiously that Theodosia could hardly take them all in. Haley sounded absolutely hysterical!

“Haley, slow down.”

“Theodosia!” Haley yelped. “I need your help!”

Theodosia stood up so fast her chair almost tipped over backwards.

“What’s wrong, Haley? What happened?”

“I’m at Ben’s house and—I don’t know why—but we’re surrounded by police cars and guys in black riot gear. They’re shouting at us with bullhorns and yelling for us to come out with our hands up!” Her words ended with a choking cry. “What should I do?”

Theodosia’s blood ran cold. “Both of you better go out there with your hands up.”

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