Shelley Freydont - Celebration Bay 03 - Independence Slay by Shelley Freydont

Author:Shelley Freydont [Freydont, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Event Planner - New York
ISBN: 0425252566
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2014-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Mayor Worley was waiting in the outer office when Liv saw A.K. to the door. Liv smiled in passing and hightailed it back to her office.

Gilbert was right on her heels. Behind the mayor, Ted lifted his hands in a gesture that said he was not responsible.

She’d barely made it back to her desk before Gilbert said, “I just got off the phone with Hildy Ingersoll. I told her you would be accompanying Mr. Grossman on his tour of the house.”

“Me? But I have the roundup meeting tonight.”

“This is more important. I told him you would meet him at the mansion at ten thirty.”

She glanced at the time. Her meeting with A.K. had taken exactly an hour. That gave her half an hour to plan the meeting for tonight and then get over to Gallantine House, which was a good ten- to fifteen-minute walk.

The mayor rushed ahead. “He wasn’t happy, but since Bill had the good sense to tell him he had to be accompanied by a town official—”

Liv opened her mouth to say she wasn’t exactly an official. She needn’t have bothered.

“Purely to cover our legal responsibilities.” He sucked in air. “God forbid the man should fall or have a heart attack. Or worse, if something went missing.”

Hopefully the mayor hadn’t mentioned that last possibility to Mr. Grossman when he’d been explaining the rest. He’d practically just accused him of stealing. That should make for a fun afternoon.

On the other hand, Liv wouldn’t mind taking a good look at the inside of the mansion. Her curiosity was piqued. Besides, it would give her a chance to further observe the crime scene surroundings and get to know Hildy a little better. Woman to woman, not sheriff to witness.

“And you can take the opportunity to convince him to keep the town’s lease in operation.”

“He seemed pretty anti–Battle of the Bay.”

The mayor wrung his hands. It was becoming a habit with him lately. And there was increasing gray in that shiny hair of his. Politics was taking its toll on the Celebration Bay mayor. “If anybody can convince him to honor our agreement, it’s you.”

“Thank you, I think.” Liv glanced at the clock on her computer screen again. Twenty-five minutes.

“Well, I’d better get a move on.” Liv stood.

“Thank you. Be sure to tell him how important it is to the town and how the reenactment would be good for the museum, too.”

“I will.”

“And you’ll let me know how it goes as soon as you get back?”

“Of course.”

“And—”

“She knows exactly what to do,” Ted called from the outer office.

“Right, well. Okay, then.” And with a final, quick scrub of his hands, he hurried away.

As soon as the door closed behind him, Ted broke into a wide grin.

“Thanks for the vote of confidence,” Liv said drily.

“Go forth and investigate. And I really do want to know everything. You can censor it for the mayor.”

Liv checked the battery life on her iPad mini and returned it to her bag. “Might as well get some work done while I’m there.

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