Ooey Gooey Bakery Mystery Box Set by Katherine H Brown

Author:Katherine H Brown [Brown, Katherine H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Gladys peeked back into the café. “Everyone is cozy. Go ahead and open it.” She waited along with Sam, Victoria, and Millie, each of them watching as I tore open the envelope.

I scanned the page, my eyes roving up and down until finally, I released the breath I had been holding. “It’s a subpoena to testify,” I answered the unspoken question on everyone’s face.

“Testify about what?” Victoria asked.

“That, that is a long story.”

~

Hours later, I yawned. “I’m beat.” I wouldn’t tell Sam, but mentally I was a wreck, too. The words of the subpoena were burned into my brain: You are hereby summoned to be and personally appear at 8:00 AM on the 27th day of June 2019 before the Pierson County District Court to testify and to speak the truth….

“It has seemed like a long first day back at the Ooey Gooey,” Sam nodded in agreement. “Ready to call it a night?”

I stirred and blinked to clear my head. “Yep. I think it’s time I headed home to my own cozy bed.”

Sam shot me a side-glance. “Have you heard from Griff?”

“Not yet.” I turned out the lights.

“Have you texted him to see if his date with Kendra is over?”

“Not yet.” I locked the back door as we left the bakery.

Sam laughed. “Would you be interested in stalking the town to see if we can find them?”

“I thought you would never ask!”

“Come on,” she linked her arm through mine and steered me to her yellow Juke.

Driving through our quaint little town, we scanned the parking lots of the top three best restaurants, Oyster House, Roadhouse, and Momma’s Diner, but didn’t see Griff’s truck at any of them. We passed the movie theater with a much more crowded parking lot than I expected for a Monday night.

“I don’t think they would have gone to a movie,” I said.

“Me neither. Let me think, surely not fast-food chains either.” Sam pulled into a gas station to fill up.

“I’ve got it!” Getting back in the car, Sam drove us down to the marina. A few small boats were moored at their docks, along with two larger yachts. Fishing trawlers were still out for the evening it looked like.

“The boat docks?”

“No.” Sam pointed to a well-lit building teeming with fancy cars in the parking lot. “The Daily Catch.”

I looked. Sure enough, Griff’s truck sat high above the swanky sports cars in the lot. Being so far from the hubbub of town, not to mention outrageously priced, I always forgot this restaurant existed way out here.

“How did you know Griff would be here? Is the food that good?”

“The food is that good, but that isn’t why Griff brought Kendra here.”

I waited. “Well? Why here then?”

Sam turned the car back around to the highway, angling back toward the heart of the town. “Maximum exposure,” Sam said as she merged onto the road. “Mother would have received a text, maybe even a phone call, the moment Griff walked in those doors. This is where her Catamaran Club meets.

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