Strung Out to Die

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Author: Tonya Kappes
Tags: Fiction, Chick lit, Mystery
matter for just us.”
    “I called this meeting because I need your help more than ever.” It was time to put our big talkin’ ways to the test. “I need y’all to help me figure out who is framing me and why.”
    “I’m in.” Bernadine’s eyes were big as she bit down on another carrot stick.
    “Me too, girl.” Flora slowly nodded, her eyes narrowed as if she was already formulating a plan in her head.
    “For sure!” Cheri rubbed her hands together.
    Now that I had their support, it was time to give out jobs.
    “Okay, Cheri. Last night Sean and Doug had a fight at The Livin’ End. Can you go down there and get the bar tender and regulars talking about it. This shouldn’t be hard since Doug is the talk of the town.”
    “I can.” She pulled her beret over her hair and headed out the door.
    “Flora, can you get Bennie’s private investigator to take a look around the Beaded Dragonfly? Inside and out. There was no visible cause of a break-in, so there has to be something somewhere.” I know this was a tall request; after all, the private investigator followed her for months, never once leaving her alone.
    Before I said another word, Flora was already on her cell and walking out. “Babbs, it’s Flora Branson. I need to talk to that no-good boss of yours, now!”
    The door slammed behind her.
    “What can I do?” Bernadine’s face lit up with excitement.
    “You can help me lose weight.” I crossed my arms in front of me. “I’m going to need to be in fighting shape when I kick this killer’s ass.”
    I peered out the window, and over the lake. Someone was out to frame me and I wasn’t going to sit around and let it happen. I was going to find them; somewhere, somehow.

Chapter Five
     
    Groink, groink . Willow ran to the door when she heard a knock.
    I didn’t get an ounce of shuteye. And I wasn’t expecting anyone this early. Pulling the covers up over my head, I tried to ignore the loud knocking and the loud voice in my heading telling me that it was probably the police coming to arrest me.
    Flinging the covers off my body, I jumped up when I realized I hadn’t done a damn thing to help my cause. Sure, I divvied out a few orders to the Divas.
    If the police were here to take me in, they were going to have to take me kicking and screaming.
    My foot knocked the old rotary phone that was lying on the floor off the hook. Willow had a habit of knocking it off the bedside table when she scrambled under the bed.
    Seeing the phone made me feel a little better. Maybe someone had been trying to call me and couldn’t get through. Maybe it was Noah telling me that the police had found the killer and I was off the hook. Better yet, maybe Sean was in jail. Well, I really didn’t want Sean to be the killer.
    I owed rent on the Beaded Dragonfly, so I needed the alimony. If Sean were in jail, I wouldn’t get the alimony and be able to pay the rent.
    Damn. I let out a sigh, pulling on my big yellow bath robe.
    Bam, bam, bam.
    “I’m coming!” I yelled, when the knock grew louder. I took my time picking up the phone and putting it back in its rightful place.
    To my pleasant surprise, Bernadine stood on the other side of the door, with her pink tennis shoes and jogging suit on and yet another Ziploc baggie full of veggies in hand.
    “Morning, Holly. I was taking a walk and thought you might want to join me. I called your phone but it rang busy.” She jogged into the house, and then moseyed over to the futon. She put the veggies in her pocket and ran her hand along the crumpled up quilt. She folded it, neatly placing it back over the arm. “I would’ve called your cell. Oh, wait. You don’t have one.”
    There’s no reason for me to have a cell phone. I’m only responsible for one person and that would be me. I’m with me all the time; therefore, I have no reason to call myself. I’m always at home or at the shop, and both places have phones.
    “Good thing you live just across the lake so you could
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