Murder Freshly Baked by Chapman Vannetta

Author:Chapman, Vannetta [Chapman, Vannetta]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2015-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Amber waited until Tate’s breathing evened out, until she was sure he was in a deep slumber. Then she slid out from beneath the blankets, donned her robe and slippers, and quietly made her way to the kitchen.

Flipping on the light over the stove, she placed the teakettle on the burner and set the flame to low. Going through the familiar routine helped to calm her nerves. By the time she had her tea brewed and was sitting at the kitchen table, she knew what needed to be done.

First she needed to pray. She had to stop dodging this way and that. She had to calm down. It wasn’t as if someone was standing in her home, threatening her family with a knife. But somehow this seemed worse. It was so insidiously evil. What sort of person claimed to put poison in food and frightened people with personal threats?

But even someone who was that bent on doing harm wasn’t outside of God’s reach. So she prayed—for herself, that she would remain calm, calmer than she had been the last twelve hours. For wisdom, that she would know what to do. For her family, that God would keep them safe. And finally for the person who was bent on evil, that God might soften their heart. Maybe they would turn themselves in! Perhaps they would become convicted of their sin and regret the steps they had taken. Regret could be a fabulous motivator.

By the time she’d finished praying, her tea was cold, so she popped it into the microwave. Then she retrieved her tablet and a pad of paper. Surely if she thought of this logically, she could find a solution.

She pulled up the most recent e-mail from her anonymous tormenter.

At this point you’re probably wondering why you? There are many reasons, but the best is that your life is too perfect.

That fact, more than any other, irks me.

When you began poking your nose into my business, I knew I had to step forward and do something.

I think it’s time for Amber Bowman to eat a little humble pie.

Amber shook her head in disbelief, not needing to read the rest, not needing to read the crucial portion. She had committed the e-mail to memory when she’d first received it. She’d been in her office, preparing to head home, weary and dejected. The e-mail had set her off—simultaneously frightened and angered and frustrated her.

Whose business was she poking into? She cared about a lot of people, but as far as she knew, she wasn’t actually interfering with anyone’s life. Not even Letha seemed to think so when she’d asked her about Ryan. She’d thanked Amber for caring enough to “ask the hard questions.”

And how dare someone call her life perfect?

She’d lived a lonely, hardworking existence the first twenty years she’d been at the Village. Sure, she’d enjoyed her job, but she had worked hard at it, and no one could have called those years perfect.

Then she’d endured two murder investigations, and yes, she had even helped to capture the culprits.

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