Marigolds and Mayhem by L.C. Turner

Author:L.C. Turner [Turner, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Pen Media, LLC

16

“I'm so glad you guys were willing to meet me," I said as I was sitting the next morning at a table at Betty's Baked Goods with Katy and Trevor, who had both walked in at the same time.

"I'm always up for Betty's," Trevor said as he took a seat and Katy followed suit.

"I got you guys your usual. Hope that's okay."

"Of course," Katy said as she took the chai latte I handed her.

"We better never change our orders. It’s nice to be able to say, ‘the usual’," Trevor joked.

"Especially when Betty knows what the usual is for all of us," I said.

"I don't want to rush you, but I have to get to work at nine," Trevor said. “What is it you wanted to talk about?"

"I got a strange phone call at work yesterday," I said and filled them in on what had happened all the way through Josie coming into the flower shop and trying to get me to quit the contest.

"Did you tell Sheriff Blackford?" Katy said, a look of concern on her face.

"About Josie MacArthur coming in? No. I don't think he cares that she wants me to quit."

She gave me a look. "You know that's not what I meant. I meant about the threatening phone call. Shouldn't she tell the sheriff, Trevor?"

"You really should."

"I know. And for your information, I did tell him," I said, sitting back with a satisfied look.

"Hey, you tried to play us," Trevor said, and they started laughing.

"Yeah, I knew you would figure that I had kept that information to myself."

"What did he say?" Katy asked.

"The usual. That clearly my poking around had ticked someone off and I should keep my nose out of things."

"And like usual, you're probably not going to listen, right?" Katy said.

I shrugged. "I can’t help that I want to be helpful. But anyway, enough about that. I know that Trevor has to get to work. This is what I've heard so far. Dale took out extra life insurance on Susan and he won’t say why. At least he wouldn't tell me why. He just got upset and threw me out of his house. Jenni has been third place for the last five years for the Fall Harvest Festival flower arranging contest and told me that it wouldn't surprise her at all if a contestant had killed Susan to get her out of the running."

"Seriously? Over flowers?" Trevor said.

"Apparently this contest is something people take very seriously, and would you be surprised to know that our own Hunter's Hollow Fall Harvest Festival flower arranging contest is one of the biggest amateur contests in the Midwest?"

"Guess you learn something new every day," Trevor said.

Katy nodded her agreement.

I had been quite shocked to learn that as well. I’d also found out that some flowers can hear buzzing bees, but anyway… I digress.

‘Okay, I’m going to have to file that little fact away to pull out at the next party I attend,” Trevor said before I continued talking.

“Scott seemed a little annoyed that I was in the back room, even though Jenni had given me permission.

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