Mums and Mayhem by Amanda Flower

Author:Amanda Flower
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CROOKED LANE BOOKS

Chapter Twenty

Before he left, I showed Craig the yellow rose in the bowl of water in my cottage. It was still as vibrantly yellow as ever. Seeing it gave me hope, but not more clues as to who’d cut it from the menhir. Shortly after that, the station called Craig to come back about another pending case, and he and I parted ways. As he drove away from Duncreigan, I tried to shake off the uneasy feeling that hovered just above my head. Nothing seemed to be going right. Barley was dead, my father was a suspect, and I might not be able to bring the garden back.

Among all those things that were wrong, the second was the only one I could do something about at the moment. I might have a shot at clearing my father’s name if I could just find him. I stopped at the cottage to check on Ivanhoe. The cat was asleep on his cat bed on the hearth.

Now that I knew Craig did suspect my father of the murder, it became more urgent to find him. I texted both my parents, again with no response. I would just have to go back to the village and wait until they returned. I knew they would. They had to.

A little while later, when I walked into the Climbing Rose, Isla was miffed. She put her hands on her hips as she stood in front of the sales counter. “You never told me you were going to be gone this long. My shift at the pub ended a half hour ago. I was supposed to meet Seth at the harbor. He has some big news to tell me!”

“What’s the big news?” I asked as I removed my coat.

She threw up her hands. “I don’t know. He hasn’t told me yet. Honestly, Fi, I think sometimes you don’t listen to a word I say.”

I frowned. “I’m sorry I was late. Craig came out to Duncreigan to look at the garden.”

“Does he know who did it?” she asked.

“Nothing certain.” I was hesitant to tell my sister about Carver Finley. Isla wasn’t the best at keeping secrets, and I didn’t want Carver to hear we suspected him before Craig was sure enough to make an arrest.

She sighed. “Well, I’m sure Seth will understand that you made me late. He’s such a caring guy. He knows I have to take care of my family. He has a lot of responsibility too, being the janitor at the school and also with all his charity work.”

Seth’s charity work was picketing for environmental causes. I saw nothing wrong with that. I agreed with him on most points, but the fact that he didn’t actually pitch in and clean up the stony beach at the harbor or volunteer to plant trees or anything of the sort made me skeptical of his commitment to the cause. I thought he more liked to picket and be photographed doing it. He even had an Instagram page for his pickets.

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