“What are you doing?”
Willow craned her head, trying to see into the hotel windows on the second and third stories. “I’m trying to see if someone dropped that stone deliberately.”
“It’ll just be knocked off the roof by a bird, or something.” Harmony hooked her arm through Willow’s. “Don’t worry about it.”
They continued on for another block until the residential area of the road came to an end. From here on out, it led straight into open country.
That might take the pleasant stroll to a new level. Willow turned around, and they headed back.
“Just think. By this time tomorrow, all your worries about the shop will have come to nothing.”
“Or they’ll be fully realized,” Willow muttered, foreseeing an entirely different future.
“In which case, you can close up shop and pretend this whole venture never happened.”
Willow’s anxiety grasped onto that concept with glee. “I could do that now. Just put out a sign saying, ‘Sorry—closed,’ and let the whole thing go away.”
“I don’t think your staff would appreciate that.”
“Probably not. But my insomnia might welcome the opportunity.”
This time, as they passed by the hotel, a silver spoon clanged down onto the sidewalk a step in front of them. Willow bent down to inspect it, while a titter came from above their heads.
“It must be kids,” Harmony said with an exasperated tone of voice. “It’s a silly game they’re playing.”
“It’s a dangerous game they’re playing.” Willow spun on her heel and headed into the hotel lobby, battered spoon in hand.
About the Author - Katherine Hayton
Katherine Hayton is a middle-aged woman who works in insurance, doesn't have children or pets, can't drive, has lived in Christchurch her entire life, and resides a two-minute walk from where she was born.
For some reason, she's developed a rich fantasy life.
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Pushing Up Daisies (Tea Shop Cozy Mystery)
Raspberries and Retaliation (Sweet Baked Mystery)
Pumpkin Spice & Poisoning (Sweet Baked Mystery)
Blueberries and Bereavement (Sweet Baked Mystery)
Strawberries and Suffering (Sweet Baked Mystery)
Cupcakes and Conspiracies (Sweet Baked Mystery)
Food Bowl Mysteries Books 1-3
You’re Kitten Me (Food Bowl Mystery)
Cat Red-Handed (Food Bowl Mystery)
An Impawsible Situation (Food Bowl Mystery)
The Only Secret Left to Keep (Ngaire Blakes Mystery)
The Second Stage of Grief (Ngaire Blakes Mystery)
The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton (Ngaire Blakes Mystery)
Christchurch Crime Thriller Boxset
Breathe and Release (Christchurch Crime)
Skeletal (Christchurch Crime)
Found, Near Water (Christchurch Crime)
Writing as Lee Hayton
Blood Like Ice (Misfits of Magic)
Nerves of Steel (Misfits of Magic)
Dead Hunter
Magic Dude
Tohunga Rising
Shattered Imprints
Gun
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