Manicures & Mischief (A Cozy Spa Mystery Book 6) by Jenn Cowan

Author:Jenn Cowan [Cowan, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JRC Press
Published: 2019-09-29T22:00:00+00:00

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I watch in horror as my dad enters the old mine. What is he doing? My father has no reason to be at the mine… unless… I shake my head. I don’t even want to go there. There’s no way my dad would be any part of changing Daysville, right? I swallow down the lump in my throat and push open the door.

“What are you planning to do?” Josh inquires, opening his own door.

“Get some answers.”

He lifts an eyebrow. “You’re just going to waltz in there and demand to know what’s going on?”

I chew on my lip. That was originally my plan, but now that I hear it out loud, it sounds kind of lame. My father can’t legally tell me what’s going on if he’s representing this shady developer. The whole attorney client privilege thing. So, what will he say? Nothing? Plead the fifth? Make up some story about protecting me? Well there’s only one way to find out. I slam the passenger door, not caring if my father heard me or not. My palms are sweating and my heart’s pounding in my chest. A wave of nausea hits me thinking about my father being a part of whatever this developer has planned. I force it down, square my shoulders and march up to the mine.

Josh is on my heels, but still giving me space. He knows I’m one fuse away from exploding and anything could set me off.

I yank open the mine door and am greeted by a sulfur smell. Yuck. It didn’t smell like this yesterday, did it? I was probably too focused on finding Violet to notice, but today the smell is assaulting me so I cover my nose with my shirt and head toward the back of the mine. It’s dark with only slivers of light shining through the old planks on the wall. The only sound is heavy footsteps walking across the boards, when they stop so do we. I don’t want to give my dad any time to think of a cover story. I want to surprise him and then interrogate him. It’s not the best plan, but it’s the only one I’ve got.

When the footsteps stop completely, Josh and I tiptoe around until we find my dad standing behind an old desk. There’s a model of Daysville with all the businesses and some new businesses and condos that are scattered around the town.

I gasp and my father’s head jerks up.

“Autumn. Josh. What are you doing here?” He grabs an old white sheet and tries to cover the model, but there’s no reason for him to hide it now.

“Us? What are YOU doing here?”

My father opens his mouth then closes it. He runs a hand through his gray hair and mutters something I can’t make out. “You weren’t supposed to see this.”

“See what? That you’re working for the awful developer who’s planning to change everything we love about Daysville?”

His head snaps up to meet my glare and I’m glaring hard. If my eyes were lasers, my dad would be a pile of ash on the floor, right now.

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