High Stakes, a Hetty Fox Short: a Hetty Fox Short Story (Hetty Fox Cozy Mysteries Book 3) Read Online Free PDF Page B

back to college. Best he could think of to do was to get the corpse out of his house and hidden as quickly as he could. Even if it wasn't all that far.”
    I shook my head. “The body would never have gone undiscovered so near to traffic and neighbors.”
    “I think he knew that. But this wasn’t a murder that was planned. He’d acted on impulse and had to deal with what happened next as best he could.” Oberton cackled. “He said he was terrified this morning, when he saw you out poking around his front yard.”
    “I can imagine. Leave it to Chaos to mess up a man’s plans.”
    “Excuse me?”
    “That’s the name of Hugh’s gerbil.”
    “Oh.” Oberton laughed and rose from the couch. “Well, if you don’t mind, I’d like to head home.”
    “Not at all. I’m stunned that you took the time to come by and see me.”
    “I’m not going to tell you I’m entirely pleased with your poking your nose in police business, but at least you’ve been helpful so far.”
    I walked him to the doorway. “Good night, sir.”
    “Good night, Hetty,” he said, returning his hat to his head.
    “Well…,” Andrew offered, as he watched Oberton pull his car from the driveway. “How about that?”
    “Yup. You did us proud, Andrew.” He’d also taken another step toward proving himself real. I could never have dreamed up the location of those shoes and that gun on my own.
    Andrew turned away from the window. “You know, I think we make one fine detective team.”
    I  clucked and asked, “We? Who are you including in this little group?”
    “You and me, of course.”
    I picked up my knitting. “And not my cat?”
    “No way. If I had my way, that creature would….”
    Blackie turned his head toward Andrew, laid his ears back, and let fly one really magnificent hiss.
     
    THE END
     
    Author's note: Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed this story. As for me, I’m a former journalist, who lives in a small house in a small town in rural Illinois.
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Other Books by This Author:
    Bones & Boxes, a Hetty Fox Cozy Mystery
    Death Among the Roses, a Melanie Hart Cozy Mystery
    The Case of the Missing Elf, a Melanie Hart Cozy Mystery
    Other titles may be found at my website .
     
    Coming soon:
    Old Bones, a Hetty Fox Cozy Mystery