So Then There Were None by Annie Adams

Author:Annie Adams [Adams, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Annie Adams

Chapter Twenty-Two

We lay there on our backs, holding hands and looking at the stars. It seemed like magic the way all those billions of shiny stars popped into the sky, where only fifty miles away, in the city, it would be considered lucky to see any.

Crickets chirped and a gentle breeze ruffled the leaves of Box Elder trees and the needles of Ponderosa pines. “What were you about to tell Kourtnee when I smelled the fire?” Alex asked.

I paused to think for a moment. “Oh. I was trying to think of something to tell her, because I didn’t want to tell her what had popped into my mind when she said she found Candee’s cell phone.”

“Wait a second…Okay, now I’m following. What popped into your mind?”

I shifted onto my side and propped my head up on my hand. “Candee’s charm.”

He turned to face me and propped his head up, too. “You think Candee’s charming?” he said.

I giggled with uncharacteristic vigor. It probably had something to do with the late hour. “No, the charm she pulled from the wedding cake.” Still feeling overly-giddy I leaned forward and brushed my lips against his, giggling all the while.

He chuckled and I felt his smile spread across my mouth.

A yawn overtook me and I lay on my back, snuggled up against his solid chest.

He tapped my nose with his finger. “We should go upstairs, it’s late.”

“No,” I protested. “I don’t want to go back where everyone else will be. Let’s just stay here a while longer.”

“Whatever you say, my love.” He slid down onto his side and crossed his arm over my body. I felt like I could melt right in to him.

After a few moments of quiet cuddling I asked, “Do you think Kourtnee is the murderer?”

“This makes you think about murder? I’m going to have to watch myself.”

“I would never,” I teased. “But we need to think about who the murderer is. We’re all going home tomorrow.”

After a long pause he answered. “What makes you think it’s Kourtnee?”

“She sits back, watching everyone. She’s made sure to let it be known she’s not interested in playing the game.”

“That makes her suspicious?”

“It’s kind of like, ‘The lady doth protest too much,’ you know?”

“Maybe,” he said after another long pause. “You could be on to something.”

“Do you know what she meant when she said she wasn’t responsible this time? I think she was talking about the fire.”

He quietly sighed. “I’ve never talked to her about it personally, so I don’t feel like I should spread rumors…but I think she’s aware that all of us know something happened.”

“What was it?”

“They say she started a forest fire.”

“On purpose?”

“I don’t think so.”

I sat up. “Really?”

“I don’t know any details. I’ve never asked.”

My noble fiancé. I wish I could say that I was the same way when it came to gossip.

“Where did it happen? Was anyone hurt?”

“I don’t really know.”

“Did she serve time?”

“All I know is that she was gone for a while. I wasn’t really close to the group at that time—I was working by then.

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