Independence Day Murder by Linnea West

Author:Linnea West [West, Linnea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Raucous laughter filled the front yard of the B&B as all of the girls gathered before departing on the party bus for Mandy's bachelorette party. I had suggested we have the party a few weeks ahead of time, but Mandy wanted her mother to attend and Sally wasn't able to come until Thursday morning, so here we were two days before the wedding. I was planning to have fun, but hopefully not too much fun. This wedding weekend was meant to be a marathon, not a sprint.

The coach bus pulled up in front of the house and we all piled on, dragging coolers of drinks and random paraphernalia like a large, blow-up palm tree that was fast becoming one of the girls for some reason. The party had already been going on for two hours in my backyard and many of the girls had already had a few too many considering that it could barely be considered evening. Mandy had been doing a great job of pacing herself, mostly because I kept handing her a bottle of water and taking drinks out of her hand. She had on a plastic tiara with a veil and a costume tutu around her waist along with a large smile plastered on her face. She was obviously having the time of her life.

The bus had once been a coach bus for large group field trips and such, but it had since been converted into a party bus. Down both sides of the bus were bench seats that stretched the entire length of the bus and in the middle were two poles that some of the more innovative girls were already using for dancing. There was a disco ball hanging from the ceiling and colorful rope lights around the top of the bus that gave it a feeling like we were already at a dance club.

Our first stop was The Loony Bin, which was in downtown Shady Lake. It was a classier establishment than some of the other joints we were going to that evening, so I figured we should stop there first before we could cause too many problems. I had also warned Rich we were coming so that he would be ready for the onslaught of giggly almost middle aged women who would be filling up his bar and grill for an hour or so.

"Girls, I just want to say a few words," Sally said. She stood at the front of the bus as it lurched out of the driveway and towards downtown. "You are all such a great group of girls and you love Mandy so much. Thank you for always being there for her and I hope we can all have fun, but not too much fun tonight."

Smatters of applause and cheers came from around the bus as Sally winked a cheeky wink at everyone. Then Sally walked over and turned up the volume on the radio as she changed it to a station that was playing some sort of hip-hop that I didn't recognize, but that certainly made me want to dance.

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