Wine Country Killer: A Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery by Dianne Harman

Author:Dianne Harman [Harman, Dianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781790297054
Google: UxkHvwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1790297052
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2018-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Later that afternoon, Kelly heard Ted’s car pull up and stop in front of Julie’s house. She walked out to meet him and together the two of them walked up to the front door of the main house and knocked. “Who is it?” Alessia asked a moment later.

“It’s Ted and Kelly, Alessia.”

The door opened and Alessia gave Ted a hug while Casey stood looking at him. Since she’d hugged him, Casey was calm, but Kelly had the feeling that if there had been any hesitancy on her part, Casey would have assumed command of the situation.

“And who do we have here?” Ted asked as he knelt down and petted the big dog. Casey looked him over before seeking reassurance from Alessia who nodded, and then he put his right paw up. Ted, smiling, met his paw with a gentle fist bump. “Well, I can see that my nephew has done his usual good job with this one.” Ted rose to his feet. “What do you think, Alessia?”

“Quite honestly, Ted, I’d give anything if I’d gotten Casey under different circumstances, but now that I have him, I couldn’t be happier. And quite frankly, it’s not just the guard dog thing. He’s just a great companion. It may get old in the future, but right now it makes me feel very comfortable to have this guy with me everywhere I go.

“I’ve drawn the line at the bathroom. I close the door, but when I open it, he’s laying right in front of it. That might take some getting used to. Let’s go in the kitchen and I’ll get us some coffee, or if you’d like I have the inside track to some great wines.”

“Coffee for me,” Kelly said. “We’re going out to dinner tonight so I’ll save my alcohol ration for that.”

“I’ll take coffee as well,” Ted said.

“Ted, I’d like you to be very involved in everything having to do with Julie’s funeral,” Alessia said, when she’d finished preparing the coffee and they were seated around the old wooden kitchen table. “As you know, Julie and I are, were, Catholic. I’ve talked to Father Damon and if it’s all right with you, I’d like to have the funeral as soon as possible.

“I don’t like long drawn-out times between deaths and funerals. He said we could have a morning funeral with Mass the day after tomorrow. I told him that was fine, but I wanted to dispense with the vigil. Given the way she died, and so many others have suffered a similar fate, I think it would become a maudlin thing. What do you think?”

“I agree,” Ted said. “I can get the word out to members of the wine industry. Why don’t you call the Sonoma Index-Tribune and have them publish the details?”

“I’ll do that when you leave. I was thinking about having something here at the winery after the service. Father Damon said we could have the service at 10:30 in the morning. The church is in town and then I thought people could come here afterwards.

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