Merriment & Murder by Jenna St James

Author:Jenna St James [James, Jenna St]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Wow,” Peyton said as she climbed into the backseat of the Mustang, “that woman is crazy. Although I’ll feel sorry for Percy if we discover Barbie did kill Temperance. He’ll have lost both women in his life.”

“He’d be better off,” Raven said.

I reached out with both hands and yanked the door closed. I always had a hard time shutting the long, heavy door. “Of the two, I think Barbie is the stronger suspect. I’m not dismissing Percy, but I’m leaning more towards Barbie.”

“We also need to figure out a way to see if that rhinestone came from her dress,” Raven said.

“I’m more concerned about the fact Chief Baedie once again isn’t doing his job right,” I said. “Does he seriously not consider either of them suspects? That’s just ridiculous.”

“Him being the chief is ridiculous,” Raven said.

We’d just entered the city limits when Peyton leaned up from the backseat and pointed out the windshield. “Hey look! Isn’t that Brandon?”

Twenty yards ahead of us Brandon held the hand of a little girl as they walked down Main street. Raven slowed and pulled over to the side of the road.

I manually rolled down the window and leaned out. “Hey, Brandon. What’s up?”

Brandon and a little girl both turned around and stared at us. He smiled when he recognized us, but the little girl wrapped her arms around his legs and hid behind him. Brandon reached down and smoothed her hair.

“Jillian and I are just out walking around,” Brandon said.

“I want to get my daddy a Christmas present,” Jillian said. “I have a dollar.”

Brandon smiled down at his sister. “Also, Chief Baedie stopped by to ask D-A-D some questions, and D-A-D thought I should take Jillian for a walk.”

“I can spell you know!” The little girl rolled her eyes at her brother. “I’m in kindergarten now.”

“Right,” Brandon said. “My bad, Jillian.”

“Why don’t you hop in,” I said, “and we’ll stop by the apothecary. I may have just the thing for your dad.”

“The what?” Jillian asked.

I opened the door. “Trust me.”

Brandon cleared his throat. “Not that I don’t appreciate it, but isn’t that mostly medicines and girlie stuff?”

I got out of the car and tipped the seat up so they could get in the back with Peyton. “I actually make a soap that’s perfect for deep sea divers and fishermen.”

They got in the backseat, and a few minutes later Raven parked outside Grams’ store. I looked over across the street and suddenly remembered about Brandon needing a part-time job. I made a mental note for us to stop by Sisters after shopping and kill two birds with one stone.

“It smells really good in here,” Jillian said as we walked inside the apothecary.

“Thank you,” Grams said from behind the counter. “It’s one of the things I aim for.”

Meow!

“Kitty!” Jillian dropped down to her knees, scooped up Jinx, and gave him a big hug.

I tried not to laugh at the petrified look on the cat’s face.

“Be gentle,” Brandon said. “You don’t want to hurt the kitty.”

“I know,” Jillian said.

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