Murder at Atkins Farm (A Margaret and Mona Ghostly Cozy Book 1) by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

9

“How are you?” Ted asked when he answered.

“I’m fine, but you won’t believe who I had lunch with.”

Ted sighed. “Let me guess. Someone from the Atkins investigation.”

“It wasn’t my fault.”

“I never said it was.”

Margaret sighed. “I didn’t pick the restaurant, and I’m not even sure where we were. The food was good, though.”

“And you didn’t know who was joining you for lunch until you got there?”

“It wasn’t planned at all. Mike and Matt had lunch with us because there weren’t any tables available. Hugo sat Joney and me at a table for four because the restaurant was almost completely empty when we arrived. Then there was a rush. By the time Mike and Matt got there, the only empty seats in the whole restaurant were the two at our table.”

“Mike and Matt Atkins?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me everything.”

Margaret sat back in her chair and did her best to repeat everything that had been said over lunch.

“Interesting,” Ted said when she was done.

“Which part?”

He chuckled. “All of it, really. I suppose it goes without saying that they told you things they didn’t tell me. I don’t know that anything you learned today is going to lead us to the killer, but it certainly helps build up a clearer picture of everyone.”

“I didn’t even know who they were when they sat down.”

“It seems an odd coincidence, but it is a small island and the food at Hugo’s is wonderful. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I want to go to Hugo’s for a meal very soon.”

“I’m free tonight.”

Ted laughed. “And you’d eat there twice in the same day?”

“Oh, absolutely. The food was delicious and there were another dozen things on the menu that I wanted to try. Besides that, I’d have their chocolate melting middle cake thing after every meal for the rest of my life.”

“I’ll collect you at six.”

“Really? You don’t have to work?”

“Not tonight. Not unless something comes up. I’ve been putting in a lot of extra hours on the case. I’m planning to leave at five today.”

“Can you make it six-thirty? I took a long lunch and now I’m talking to you. I’m going to have to stay until six to make up for the time I’ve wasted today.”

“Talking to me is not a waste of time,” Ted said, teasingly.

Margaret laughed. “Of course not, darling. But you know what I mean.”

“We can do half six or even seven if that’s better for you.”

“Let’s say half six. That is six-thirty, right?”

“It is.”

“I should be home by then, but I might not be ready to go out right away.”

“That’s fine. I’ll see you later.”

“See you later.”

As Margaret opened the file on her computer that she’d been working on before lunch, she thought about Elaine.

“She said she was going to forget all about Ernie for a few days,” she muttered. “We can both start worrying about him again on the weekend.”

She finished her reports and then printed them out. Just before six, she knocked on Arthur’s door.

“You’re still here?” he asked, glancing at the clock.

“I took a long lunch.

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