“Hey, anything wrong?” he asked.
“No, everything is just fine,” I said in a curt voice.
“Just being neighborly,” he said with a smile. “I’m just down the street if you need a cup of sugar.” Lucinda stared at him for a moment. I knew she was trying to process who he was. She was used to seeing him in uniform and driving a police car.
“The Cadbury police officer,” she said with a friendly smile, and he nodded.
“Well, somebody’s glad to see me. Night, ladies,” he said and pulled his head back inside before driving off.
“I think he likes you,” Lucinda said.
I threw my arms up in a hopeless manner. “I don’t think he even knows my name. Not that I care anyway. Do you have any idea what goes on at his house?” Ahead we watched his taillights disappear as he pulled into a driveway. “It seems like every night there’s a bunch of cars parked outside. There’s loud music that seems to be coming from the garage. He never parks in it and I think it’s some kind of party room. I know they say cops have to blow off steam, but he’s ridiculous. Well, he can just party hardy without me.”
I waited until Lucinda left, then I locked up and went back to the restaurant to finish my baking. By the time I took out the last batch of carrot muffins, I had made my decision. Lucinda was right. I had no choice but to go ahead with the retreat. She had promised to be my wingman. What could go wrong?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Betty Hechtman is the national bestselling author of the Crochet Mysteries (most recently Seams Like Murder, Knot Guilty, For Better or Worsted, and If Hooks Could Kill) and the Yarn Retreat Mysteries (Wound Up in Murder, Silence of the Lamb’s Wool, and Yarn to Go). She has a degree in fine arts and since college has studied everything from tap dancing to magic. When she isn’t writing, reading, or crocheting, she’s probably at the gym. She lives in Southern California with her family. Visit the author at bettyhechtman.com, killerhobbies.blogspot.com, and facebook.com/bettyhechtmanauthor.
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