Chapter Ten
Luke and I met with the team at the Hitching Post for our last meal in town. Syd’s mom Patty and Aunt Susie made sure we had quite the home cooked feast of fried chicken, cornbread dressing, green beans with cuts of ham, yeast rolls and peach pie for dessert.
After dinner we went over the events of the last few days. While we did get some of Peter’s antics on video, his actual appearance to me wasn’t taped.
“I wish I could have been there to see that little scamp,” Syd stated.
“I doubt he would’ve appeared Syd,” I replied. “He wasn’t fond of you.”
“I wasn’t too fond of the rascal myself…messing around in the ladies restroom. If I’d gotten my hands on him I would have turned a knot in his tail.”
“And we wonder why he felt no tenderness towards you,” Matt said with a grin.
“Yeah well, if a ghost is timid I can put on my shy face,” Syd said as she folded her napkin and placed it at the side of her plate.
“You have a shy face?” Goog asked. “Now that’s news to me. Can we get a gander of it? It won’t melt your face will it?”
Syd turned and looked at Goog. He withered under her gaze. “Nope, that wasn’t your shy face.”
We all laughed and Syd broke into a grin while hitting Goog on the shoulder. “We got to toughen you up boy. How are you going to get over your fear of ghosts? Stick with me and hopefully you’ll learn a few things.”
“I wonder when our next case will come in?” Matt wondered. “Be nice if it was someplace tropical.”
As if on cue, Patty, Syd’s mom and Aunt Susie walked over to our table.
“I don’t think you can call Appalachia tropical.” Patty looked worried.
“What’s wrong Mom?” Syd asked.
“Just got a call from my sister Pearl. We’ve got some trouble of the ghost-making kind down at the home front.”
“What’s going on Patty?” I knew Patty well enough that if she was concerned, something bad was occurring.
“Seems those whispering elms back home,” Patty said looking at Syd. “Well their not whispering anymore, they’re screaming!”
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The Mystery of the Morbid Moans
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Double Dip Dilemma (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Five)
Melted Memories (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Six)
Triple Dip Debacle(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Seven)
Whipped Wedding Woes(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Eight)
A Sprinkle of Tropical Trouble(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Nine)
A Drizzle of Deception(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Ten)
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A Caffeinated Crunch (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Two)
A Frothy Fiasco (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Three)
Punked by the Pumpkin(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Four)
Peppermint Pandemonium(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Five)
Whispering Pines Mystery Series
A Sinister Slice of Murder (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book One)
Sanctum of Shadows (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book Two)
Curse of the Bloodstone Arrow (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book Three)
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