Murder over Macaroons by Kay Harris

Author:Kay Harris [Harris, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christmas; Cozy Mystery; Men in Uniform; Bakery; Friends to Lovers; Murder Mystery;
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2021-08-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Peter stood with his back against the slick siding covering the outside of the Cutters’ garage, his breath coming in deep pants. He wasn’t entirely sure what was worse, the fact that he’d kissed Hayley or the way he’d fled like a frightened cat hiding under the bed.

He glanced up at the apartment above him. Light still shone from the window, but there was no movement at the top of the wooden stairs where the front door to the apartment stood. Hayley wasn’t coming out to find out why the hell the chief of police was such a damn coward.

Good.

A sound to his left had Peter swiveling his head so fast his neck cracked. Joshua, a cell phone at his ear, slipped through the front door of the family home and onto the wide porch.

Not wanting to make this any worse than it already was, Peter ducked his head and stalked to his car. Moving with the skill of a practiced law enforcement officer, he jumped into the vehicle and sped off as quickly as possible.

When he pulled away from the Cutter home, he didn’t have a destination in mind, but his subconscious led him to a stately Victorian on the edge of Sausalito and Marin City. He parked his squad car in the only available space on the street and crossed in the dark of night to deep blue double doors that signaled the entrance to the building.

It was open, as always. Shaking his head at the trust the inhabitants were placing in him and his employees, he plunged into the entryway. Lit only by a dimmed fixture overhead, the foyer held an air of age and dignity, as did the spiral staircase he took to the second floor. There, two doors opposite one another stood at the landing. No visible numbers distinguished one apartment from the other, only the color of the doors.

Peter glanced at his watch. It was nearly eleven. He glanced at the door behind him before rapping lightly on the green one right in front of him. He waited, his breath echoing off the yellow walls and ornate cream molding.

A whiney creak accompanied the opening of the door. Kenna’s head popped out, her hair matted on one side, her eyes squinting. “Peter?”

“Sorry, did I wake you?”

Kenna swung the door open to reveal plaid pajama pants and a soft white T-shirt. She rubbed her eyes as she moved out of the doorway. “Yeah. Kind of. I was tossing and turning a bit, anyway.”

Peter moved into the apartment, shut the door behind him, and toed off the polished leather shoes he wore on duty. He followed Kenna down the narrow hallway into her large living room. He sat on the overstuffed couch while she ducked into the galley kitchen to set a kettle to boil.

“Sorry to bug you.”

Kenna didn’t reply until she emerged from the kitchen and sat beside him on the couch. “You arrested my best friend today. I’d be pissed if you didn’t explain.”

“I did not arrest her.

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