Read Online Grilled Rye Murder: Book 16 in The Darling Deli Series by Patti Benning - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Patti Benning
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hung up, and Moira was left even more confused. What on earth was happening this morning?
After swinging by her house to get Flower, who was ecstatic to be going for a ride, she drove straight over to Lake Marion and Karissa’s apartment. David’s sister waved her and Flower inside. The sight of Hazel and her daughter meeting each other for the first time in months brought a smile to Moira’s face. She could see the exact moment when the two dogs recognized each other. They both exploded into a flurry of wagging tails and licking tongues. The two women had barely gotten them to calm down when there was a knock at the door and Adam and Robyn walked in.
Hazel must have been having the best day of her life; she recognized Adam right off that bat and was so excited to see him that she nearly knocked him over. The boy laughed and sat down on the floor while the dog rubbed her face against his head.
“Look at that,” Robyn said with a teary smile. “She remembers him.”
They let the lab and the boy reconnect for a few minutes, then Karissa called Hazel over and let Flower go forward. The younger dog approached Adam with her usual enthusiasm, and soon the two of them were playing as if they had known each other forever.
“They seem like a match made in heaven,” Moira said. “What do you think, Robyn?”
“As long as she’s relatively well behaved, I’d love to tell him he can have her. What did you say happened to her owner, again?”
“He was killed,” the deli owner explained in a low voice, not wanting the boy to hear. “I’m not sure if you’ve seen anything on the news, but her owner was Zander Marsh.”
“How horrible. It’s odd, the name is familiar, but I don’t think I heard it through the news… did he own a farm a bit of a way out of town?”
“He did,” Moira said. “Did you know him?”
“Not me, no, but my boss did. If it’s the guy I’m thinking of, Mr. Danehill was talking about wanting to buy some land from him.”
“What would he want with a hunk of farmland?”
“Oh, he wants to open a factory where he can make donuts and other snacks in bulk to ship around the country. I guess Zander’s land was zoned right for industrial use or something. I don’t know much about it.”
Mental gears turning, Moira bit her lip. She wanted to ask more questions, but remembered her promise to David to be careful. She didn’t want to risk Robyn letting something slip to Danehill. If he had killed Zander, the last thing she wanted was for him to find out that she was on to him.
“Can I keep her?” Adam asked, grinning up at them as Flower dropped a squeaky toy into his lap.
Moira smiled at him. “If it’s okay with your mom, she’s yours.”
Saying goodbye to Flower for the second time was bittersweet. She was sure she would see the dog again—she could already tell that Robyn was someone she could easily be friends with, and Adam and Karissa were already making plans to get Hazel and her daughter together for playdates. Flower, as usual, was overjoyed at the chance to jump into someone else’s car and go on another ride. Moira had no doubts that the dog would be happy, but it was still hard to see her go.
“Take good care of her,” she said.
“I will!” Adam promised. “She’ll be my very best friend.”
She and Karissa waved as Robyn and her son drove away with Flower in the back of their car, then turned to head back inside the apartment once the two were out of sight.
“I should get out of your hair,” Moira said. “The rest of my day is unexpectedly clear. I’ll probably call Martha and go over the wedding plans again.”
“You’re not going anywhere,” Karissa said, her face breaking into a grin. “We worked too hard to plan this.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Why, your bachelorette party, of course. What sort of bridesmaids would we be if we didn’t throw you one? Martha and Denise will be here soon. Candice is going to go over to your
After swinging by her house to get Flower, who was ecstatic to be going for a ride, she drove straight over to Lake Marion and Karissa’s apartment. David’s sister waved her and Flower inside. The sight of Hazel and her daughter meeting each other for the first time in months brought a smile to Moira’s face. She could see the exact moment when the two dogs recognized each other. They both exploded into a flurry of wagging tails and licking tongues. The two women had barely gotten them to calm down when there was a knock at the door and Adam and Robyn walked in.
Hazel must have been having the best day of her life; she recognized Adam right off that bat and was so excited to see him that she nearly knocked him over. The boy laughed and sat down on the floor while the dog rubbed her face against his head.
“Look at that,” Robyn said with a teary smile. “She remembers him.”
They let the lab and the boy reconnect for a few minutes, then Karissa called Hazel over and let Flower go forward. The younger dog approached Adam with her usual enthusiasm, and soon the two of them were playing as if they had known each other forever.
“They seem like a match made in heaven,” Moira said. “What do you think, Robyn?”
“As long as she’s relatively well behaved, I’d love to tell him he can have her. What did you say happened to her owner, again?”
“He was killed,” the deli owner explained in a low voice, not wanting the boy to hear. “I’m not sure if you’ve seen anything on the news, but her owner was Zander Marsh.”
“How horrible. It’s odd, the name is familiar, but I don’t think I heard it through the news… did he own a farm a bit of a way out of town?”
“He did,” Moira said. “Did you know him?”
“Not me, no, but my boss did. If it’s the guy I’m thinking of, Mr. Danehill was talking about wanting to buy some land from him.”
“What would he want with a hunk of farmland?”
“Oh, he wants to open a factory where he can make donuts and other snacks in bulk to ship around the country. I guess Zander’s land was zoned right for industrial use or something. I don’t know much about it.”
Mental gears turning, Moira bit her lip. She wanted to ask more questions, but remembered her promise to David to be careful. She didn’t want to risk Robyn letting something slip to Danehill. If he had killed Zander, the last thing she wanted was for him to find out that she was on to him.
“Can I keep her?” Adam asked, grinning up at them as Flower dropped a squeaky toy into his lap.
Moira smiled at him. “If it’s okay with your mom, she’s yours.”
Saying goodbye to Flower for the second time was bittersweet. She was sure she would see the dog again—she could already tell that Robyn was someone she could easily be friends with, and Adam and Karissa were already making plans to get Hazel and her daughter together for playdates. Flower, as usual, was overjoyed at the chance to jump into someone else’s car and go on another ride. Moira had no doubts that the dog would be happy, but it was still hard to see her go.
“Take good care of her,” she said.
“I will!” Adam promised. “She’ll be my very best friend.”
She and Karissa waved as Robyn and her son drove away with Flower in the back of their car, then turned to head back inside the apartment once the two were out of sight.
“I should get out of your hair,” Moira said. “The rest of my day is unexpectedly clear. I’ll probably call Martha and go over the wedding plans again.”
“You’re not going anywhere,” Karissa said, her face breaking into a grin. “We worked too hard to plan this.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Why, your bachelorette party, of course. What sort of bridesmaids would we be if we didn’t throw you one? Martha and Denise will be here soon. Candice is going to go over to your
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