Trouble and Treats (A Chocolate Centered Cozy Mystery Book 6) Read Online Free PDF

house with her there’s no way to prove foul play.”
    “What do you think, Luke?” She looked into his eyes. “Now that you’ve heard from the medical examiner?”
    “Honestly, I expected him to rule that it was absolutely an accident. The fact that he found something that makes him hesitant, tells me a lot. I don’t know if this was a murder or not, but I do think it just got a little more mysterious.” He sighed and picked up his cup of tea.
    Ally rested her hand on top of his.  “And?”
    “And, I think you might be right. I think I definitely need to look into it more while we wait for his findings as there might have been more to this death. I trust your instincts and the fact that you are so convinced it wasn’t an accident tells me that I might be overlooking something.”
    “Oh good, thank you.”
    “I might have to do it on the side because I’m working a big case at the moment and I doubt my captain is going to open an official investigation before the medical examiner has made his final ruling or something else comes to light.” He looked over at Ally. “Is there anything you remember from the day of the yard sale that might give me some grounds so my boss will allow me to start an investigation?”
    “Yes! Maybe there is!” Ally stood up and began to pace beside the table. “Her ex-husband Gary showed up at the sale. He was livid that she was selling the house. They got into an argument right there in front of everyone.”
    “Okay, that might be something. Did he threaten her?”
    Ally frowned. “Not exactly. But he was quite aggressive and he took some golf clubs.”
    “Took them?”
    “He just picked them up and walked off with them. I think they were his, though.”
    Luke shook his head and stood up. “That’s not going to give me much. Anything else you can think of? Something he might have said?”
    Ally closed her eyes and thought back to the conversation. As she recalled one thing stood out to her.
    “He kept saying that she couldn’t sell the house. That it was his house. He was talking about how he did all of these fixes and upgrades on the house and one of the things he mentioned fixing was the stairs.” Ally’s eyes widened. “Do you think he might have done something to the stairs?”
    “I’ll see if I can find anything structurally wrong with them, maybe the railings loose and been put back in place.” Luke made a note of it in his phone. “It’s a place to start. I can poke around a bit.” Luke rested his back against the wall and crossed his arms. “I’ll see if I can find out more about him. Do you know anything that can help, Charlotte?”
    “Not much.” Charlotte pursed her lips and picked up the empty tea cups. She set them carefully in the sink and turned the water on to rinse them. “Just that everyone knew that their marriage ended horribly.”
    “When did the marriage end?” Luke asked.
    “A couple of years ago. Of course I’ve never discussed this with her myself, but this is what I’ve heard. She was scared that if she got divorced she would lose the house to him so she stayed in the marriage.  But then she met Jack and got the courage to leave him.”
    “Sounds like her knight in shining armor.” Ally grabbed a towel to dry the tea cups.
    “I’m definitely going to see what I can find out about this guy. But we can’t open an official investigation, yet.”
    “Don’t worry about that, Ally and I don’t need a paper trail to open an investigation. Do we, Ally?”
    Ally shook her head. “We have our ways. Maybe we can find you the proof that you need.”
    “I know it’s pointless for me to tell the two of you to be careful, but remember that this is a sensitive situation involving a man that appears to be quite volatile.” He reached out and pulled the towel from Ally’s hand, then took her hand in his.
    “I don’t think that’s something that any of us can forget,” Ally said as she recalled the way he spoke to Emma at the