Free Barnyard Murder: A Cozy Mystery (Strawberry Shores Mystery Book 2) by Mak K. Han Page B

guys hydroplane. Who's in there?”
    “George. George killed Jeannie.” I looked to Emily as she wiped her mouth. “Call Sheriff Caldwell. We need help.”
    “George?” Kevin asked. “How did you find out?”
    “He said you'd killed her,” I explained. “I knew that was impossible. You were out of state on Thursday night.”
    “Let me out of this!” George cried from inside the car. “You three are going to share a grave with Jeannie, I'll see to it!”
    “Can you help us with this?” I asked as George kicked again, nearly knocking Alex and I to the pavement. Kevin, who was a bit bigger than Alex and I, leaned against the door. With our combined weight, George's efforts were useless.
    “Maybe you just sit in there and relax,” Kevin said. “We'll let Sheriff Caldwell sort this all out.”
    I took a deep breath and leaned against Kevin's car, trying to calm myself. George was under control. Emily was on the phone with the Sheriff.
    It was over.
     

Chapter 21
     
    Watching Sheriff Caldwell push George into his cruiser had been a relief.
    I'd been worried that we didn't have enough evidence to send George to jail. When Sheriff Caldwell showed up, however, George had been so overwhelmed with emotion that he'd admitted to killing Jeannie.
    Between our testimonies and his admission to Sheriff Caldwell, it seemed pretty clear: George was going away for a long time.
    Suffice to say, Tim had second thoughts about handing the company over to George after he was arrested. He wasn't worried about George falling in love with people who might undermine the company anymore; now he was worried about him killing business rivals.
    Needless to say, that was a lousy business strategy, and Tim didn't want the good name of Hayfield Construction sullied.
    Kevin Drake had been in Dallas to interview for a new job. Apparently he got the job because he left Strawberry Shores about a week later and hasn't been back since. As far as I know, he's started a new organization—the CBD, Citizens for a Beautiful Dallas. Dana doesn't seem to miss him too much. I knew Dana had originally suspected Kevin as the murderer, but we never spoke of it again. It seemed like Dana felt guilty about it. I didn't think she had anything to be guilty about; at the height of the crisis, everyone had suspected everyone else in Strawberry Shores.
    Tim Hayfield finished the construction project. After Jeannie's murder, we'd been distracted by the case, but Tim had been clearing the land and laying the groundwork for Bonnie's new establishment. As it turns out, Dana had been wrong—it wasn't a restaurant, it was a café. Bonnie named it the Catalpa Café after the tree that had once stood there. When Emily heard Bonnie was looking for pastry cooks, she applied that same day—and now makes her cupcakes for the Catalpa Café.
    As for me? Everything's gone back to normal. I, along with Alex and Emily, have been vindicated.
    Not to mention, now I have a new book to write: Murder in Tomato Town 2 . I started work on it the night I got back from the police station, after we'd caught George.
    About a week after the car crash, Tina came into the library and asked if I was still interested in being an Energy Therapist. I thought of telling her no, but then again, the identity helped me to get to people without arousing suspicion.
    Did I think there was going to be another murder? No. But you never know.
    I'd been wrong before.
     

Thank You!
     
    I would like to thank you for reading my book! If you liked it, then I am asking to please leave a review for me. It would really help me a lot.
     
    If you would like to contact me for any questions, comments, or suggestions, feel free to email me at [email protected] .

Follow me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/authormakkhan
    Follow me on Twitter @makkhanauthor ( http://twitter.com/makkhanauthor )
     
    Join my mailing list to stay up to date on my latest releases as well as upcoming giveaways and discounts! Click