by Diana Orgain | May 27, 2021 | Cooking up Murder, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss part one of Chapter One? From Murder as Sweet as Honey Chapter One Continued “Oh!” Kristen’s eyes widened, and she snapped her fingers as if she’d forgotten something. “I’m an idiot. Julia, could you run down the street to the bank and get the last five month’s transactions for the festival account? I was supposed to print those off this morning. I need to see if a sponsor’s check has cleared. They called me up yesterday and asked if I would look into it. It cleared a while ago, but they’re old-school, and I want to be able to show them a physical paper trail when they come by this afternoon.” “Fine,” huffed Julia. She grabbed her purse and stalked out the door. As soon as the door closed behind her, Kristen shot Vicki a conspiratorial grin. “That should give us some time.” Vicki smiled back. She liked Kristen’s style. “So, what do we have in the baskets?” asked Kristen. “Well, I assume jam and honey? Julia mentioned something about the honey situation from last year. She . . . can be a bit much, can’t she?” Vicki breathed a sigh of relief and searched for something diplo‐ matic. “I like Julia, but her tastes and mine don’t necessarily jive.” Kristen laughed aloud. “My tastes don’t jive with Julia’s either. I think she just doesn’t like jam, to be honest. In the years she ran the festival, she rarely let any vendors sell jam. I, however, enjoy it just fine—and even if I didn’t, I’m aware enough to know that someone else might.” Tin by...
