Free FIVE WILL GET YOU TWENTY (Food Truck Mysteries Book 9) by Chloe Kendrick

fake twenty in my purse, but didn’t say anything. No reason for him to know that we were one step ahead of him. “You apparently already know about Bernadette Cravens, and I strongly suspect that the cute guy that Sabine was asking about was Carter’s QT and not a new date for her.”
    I nodded. I was glad to see that he was taking the counterfeiting seriously. I had been concerned that he would ignore the details since only my food truck had been involved. That brought me back to my question of why. Why just my new food truck? Why not the other two? Why only one place in Capital City?
    Was the counterfeiter lazy, or was there a particular reason why only Taco Inferno was involved? The criminals had to know that the bank would likely find the fakes and alert us. That would mean that only a few bills could be passed to the truck before we started looking into the matter. Did someone want me to investigate? After some of the cases I’d looked into, it was fairly well known that I was an amateur sleuth.
    “You’re not even going to try to deny that you knew she’d called?” Danvers asked. I had been so lost in my thoughts that I hadn’t responded to him.
    I shrugged. “She’d mentioned it. Do you think that’s related to her disappearance?” I asked. I was always willing to take a chance to help someone, but I never wanted to be responsible for putting anyone else in danger, especially someone close to my fiancé.
    Danvers sighed. “I’m going over there now. I’ll let you know what I find. You’re going to be swamped in about thirty minutes.” He gave me a knowing smile, which likely indicated that he was glad I’d be too busy to investigate much today.
    Danvers left, and I went back to my orders. A few men had started requesting hot dogs, so the wait time for each customer grew as I prepped the hot dogs and served them as well as took the cash.
    In a very brief lull, I called Land and told him what was going on. He sounded tense, but he told me that he was going over to Sabine’s apartment as well. Since they lived in the same complex, it wouldn’t be a major trip for him. I hung up and started working again. Now that Carter ran the third truck, and Sabine was supposed to be helping me, I didn’t have a backup. So, I spent the rest of the shift manning all stations. I did fairly well, but I was beat by the time that 2 o’clock rolled around.
    I hadn’t had a chance to call anyone during that time, and no one had called me. I was going to be left in the dark until Land drove the second food truck to its normal location.

Chapter 6
     
     
    Land was on time with the truck, so I wondered how bad the news could be. I shut the window quickly, leaving the prep area only partially cleaned, and hurried over to Land’s truck.
    The greeting was far less than what I normally got from Land. He grunted out a few words and worked on his prep.
    “Did you find her?” I asked, feeling my nerves buzz as I waited. Perhaps something really bad had happened.
    “Yeah, she was at home. Just not in the mood to do anything today.” He turned away from me as he spoke, and I had a hard time hearing his words. I had to concentrate to hear each one. “And after Danvers came over to check on her, she was in an even worse mood. I doubt that she’s coming back to work. She’s talking about moving.”
    I stepped closer to him. I understood now why he hadn’t called back. He’d warned me repeatedly that Sabine had her moods, but I’d not seen it. Now that I had, he was concerned that I would be angry with him. “She’s an adult,” I said. “She is responsible for her own decisions—not you.”
    He turned and faced me. I could see the look on his face. Land wasn’t much for using his words, but I had grown to read his many expressions over the years. He was embarrassed—and something else. “Yeah, well, I kind of made a decision when I was at her apartment too,” he said with that same look. “I fired her.”
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