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Primrose is dead!”
Chapter Eleven
“Clear the way.” Officer Gandolf ordered as he cleared a path on the steps of Ever After Books where Alexelrod Primrose was laying stone dead. This time Officer Gandolf wasn’t as gentle as he yelled in his baritone voice, “Clear the way!”
Sirens blared as the Two Sisters and a Funeral hearse roared down Main Street. The crowd scattered like flies trying to get out of its way. Constance Karima didn’t care who she ran over because it would be a score for her. Just another fresh body to bury and keep her in business.
“Out of the way! Fresh body!” Patience had her head stuck out the window shouting to the crowd, the ostrich’s head stuck right out there beside hers.
The hearse came to a roaring stop. Constance jumped out and flung open the back door to retrieve the gurney.
Patience and the beady-eyed bird stood next to her. Patience repeated, “Umm hmm, fresh body!”
The gurney clicked once it hit the ground.
My heart sank when I realized that Alexelrod really was dead. Bella, Petunia, Faith, Raven, Izzy and I stood down the sidewalk with our heads bowed, not a word spoken between us.
“I can’t believe I found him.” Tears dripped down both sides of Faith’s face.
My gut told me this was not an accident, but I wanted to believe otherwise until something was confirmed.
“Something isn’t right around here.” Chandra Shango walked up, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. “Do you think he is really dead?”
“By the looks of it, yes.” Izzy nodded toward the bookstore. “He isn’t moving.”
“He was such a nice guy. Always so helpful when I was looking to open Wicked Good and needed a great space.” Raven shook her head.
Sadness laid heavy on all of our hearts…all except for two. The Karima sisters, obviously.
“Coming through!” Constance barreled through the crowd in front of Ever After Books, slamming the gurney into the gate like a battering ram. The ostrich ran right behind. The gate flew. Patience didn’t miss a beat when the gate flung back and hit her in the booty.
I rolled up on my toes to see above the crowd that had gathered to watch the spectacle, only to roll back down when my intuition told me that someone or something was watching me. My eyes gazed up the side of the building and stopped when I saw the curtain from the window on the second floor move slightly. Someone was looking down at the commotion and I couldn’t help but think it was Ophelia, only I couldn’t make out if it was or not.
The curtains closed when the person saw me looking up. My attention was then turned back to Ever After Books where Gandolf was talking to one very upset Faith Mortimer. Though this was out of my jurisdiction and had nothing to do with being Village President, I still made my way up to where the Karima sisters had already thrown a sheet over poor ole Alexelrod’s body.
The ostrich pecked at the sheet with its beak. Patience tried to shoo him away, but he started pecking at her. It would have been a comical scene if Alexelrod wasn’t lying there dead.
I still couldn’t believe he was dead. My eyes filled with tears when I caught sight of his long black trench coat. He was a good man and a good realtor.
“Looks like we are going to have to figure out what killed him, sister.” Constance Karima pulled back the white sheet. Her face scrunched up in scowl. “Look at that ear.”
I tried to get a quick look, but Patience stepped in the way, causing my eye to venture down to her feet. She stood on the step leading up to the shop, right next to the flowerbed where Ophelia had neatly planted two berry bushes and some rainbow daisies. It wasn’t the flowerbed or the daisies that caught my eye. It was the book that was lying under a bush. Its corner was barely visible to the naked eye.
“Is there anything I can do?” I walked between the Karima sisters and put my arms around both of them. I didn’t want to mention that it was probably a
Chapter Eleven
“Clear the way.” Officer Gandolf ordered as he cleared a path on the steps of Ever After Books where Alexelrod Primrose was laying stone dead. This time Officer Gandolf wasn’t as gentle as he yelled in his baritone voice, “Clear the way!”
Sirens blared as the Two Sisters and a Funeral hearse roared down Main Street. The crowd scattered like flies trying to get out of its way. Constance Karima didn’t care who she ran over because it would be a score for her. Just another fresh body to bury and keep her in business.
“Out of the way! Fresh body!” Patience had her head stuck out the window shouting to the crowd, the ostrich’s head stuck right out there beside hers.
The hearse came to a roaring stop. Constance jumped out and flung open the back door to retrieve the gurney.
Patience and the beady-eyed bird stood next to her. Patience repeated, “Umm hmm, fresh body!”
The gurney clicked once it hit the ground.
My heart sank when I realized that Alexelrod really was dead. Bella, Petunia, Faith, Raven, Izzy and I stood down the sidewalk with our heads bowed, not a word spoken between us.
“I can’t believe I found him.” Tears dripped down both sides of Faith’s face.
My gut told me this was not an accident, but I wanted to believe otherwise until something was confirmed.
“Something isn’t right around here.” Chandra Shango walked up, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. “Do you think he is really dead?”
“By the looks of it, yes.” Izzy nodded toward the bookstore. “He isn’t moving.”
“He was such a nice guy. Always so helpful when I was looking to open Wicked Good and needed a great space.” Raven shook her head.
Sadness laid heavy on all of our hearts…all except for two. The Karima sisters, obviously.
“Coming through!” Constance barreled through the crowd in front of Ever After Books, slamming the gurney into the gate like a battering ram. The ostrich ran right behind. The gate flew. Patience didn’t miss a beat when the gate flung back and hit her in the booty.
I rolled up on my toes to see above the crowd that had gathered to watch the spectacle, only to roll back down when my intuition told me that someone or something was watching me. My eyes gazed up the side of the building and stopped when I saw the curtain from the window on the second floor move slightly. Someone was looking down at the commotion and I couldn’t help but think it was Ophelia, only I couldn’t make out if it was or not.
The curtains closed when the person saw me looking up. My attention was then turned back to Ever After Books where Gandolf was talking to one very upset Faith Mortimer. Though this was out of my jurisdiction and had nothing to do with being Village President, I still made my way up to where the Karima sisters had already thrown a sheet over poor ole Alexelrod’s body.
The ostrich pecked at the sheet with its beak. Patience tried to shoo him away, but he started pecking at her. It would have been a comical scene if Alexelrod wasn’t lying there dead.
I still couldn’t believe he was dead. My eyes filled with tears when I caught sight of his long black trench coat. He was a good man and a good realtor.
“Looks like we are going to have to figure out what killed him, sister.” Constance Karima pulled back the white sheet. Her face scrunched up in scowl. “Look at that ear.”
I tried to get a quick look, but Patience stepped in the way, causing my eye to venture down to her feet. She stood on the step leading up to the shop, right next to the flowerbed where Ophelia had neatly planted two berry bushes and some rainbow daisies. It wasn’t the flowerbed or the daisies that caught my eye. It was the book that was lying under a bush. Its corner was barely visible to the naked eye.
“Is there anything I can do?” I walked between the Karima sisters and put my arms around both of them. I didn’t want to mention that it was probably a
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