Lethal Cruise: A Humorous Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries Book 9) by A.R. Winters

Author:A.R. Winters [Winters, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Tuff and Canyon, when I found them, had dire expressions on their faces as they got matching manicures. They were sitting in front of a large group of customers on an elevated platform, a camera trained on their hands and the image projected onto the big projector screen above them.

This particular venue was one of the main beauty stations that had been set up for the cruise. In one corner, there was Parker the makeup artist with a small line of clients waiting on foldout chairs. In another corner, Michael Bobbins, providing consultations for his aesthetician clients, and finally at the front of the room was the manicurist Jen, working on Tuff and Canyon.

I sent a message to Ethan to let him know where I was when I felt a nudging at my side. I turned and was surprised to see Kelly.

“Look!” she said, pointing at her eyebrows.

I squinted at them.

“Did you get some new makeup?”

“Better than that! I tattooed my eyebrows! Microblading! Do you want to see?” She shoved her face so close to mine I was worried she might break my nose with her small but solid-looking forehead. Luckily, I jerked back just in time.

“Oh, neat. That’ll save some time on makeup in the mornings.”

“Right?” She turned her head around the room. “What should I do next? Do you want to get a waxing together?”

I shook my head rapidly. “I’m very busy today I’m afraid. We’re making real progress.”

“Oh, did you speak to Nurse Jessica? Did she confess?”

“Nope. I really don’t think it was her. Have you actually spoken to her at all? She’s lovely. I bet the real perpetrator was trying to frame her.”

“But the captain thinks it could be her. We should listen to him.”

“Should we?”

“Oh, yes. You don’t get to be Captain without being very, very clever. And handsome.”

“I’m not sure that’s—”

Then I was interrupted by someone who, although not quite a captain yet, was indeed very handsome.

“Hi, Ethan. Hey, do you think you got promoted because of your looks?”

“My looks?” He gave me an odd look while Kelly giggled at him. “I think there’s a bit more to my resume than my looks. Speaking of which though, are they done?” He nodded his head toward the models.

On the stage, Tuff and Canyon were now standing up while the small audience applauded them. They looked around nervously, as if not sure where to go. Finally, Jen the manicurist whispered something to them, and they both nodded before walking very carefully off the stage and climbing down.

“Looks like they’re heading this way,” I said.

“Can you take my picture with them?” asked Kelly.

“Umm, sure. Those guys are going to be all over our social media.”

When the two guys arrived, Kelly immediately latched onto them, asked and got permission for a photograph, and got me back to work.

“Guys?” I said to them when the photo session was done. They looked my way with pleasant smiles. “Do you think we could have a word with you in private?”

Ethan

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