Free The Full Cup of Murder: Cozy Murder Mystery (Full Cup Mysteries Book 1) by Ruby Jones

about Helen. She did not look good. We heard a motor boat off in the distance. “That has to be them. Ok. I will go and meet them. You take them where Riley told you to and let us finally finish this up.” He gagged us all again. Racheal was crying and Helen looked like she was going to pass out. He left us. Shanna pulled a gun out of the backpack she was carrying.
    “Ok ladies. Let’s go.” We all got up and went outside to the back of the cabin. I could not even see an escape route. I did look down the dock and saw Reese down at the motor boat that had pulled up alongside it with about five people in it. I saw they were unloading piles and piles of boxes. Shanna poked me with the gun. “Let’s go Alison.” We walked up over the bank and down Hallow’s Path which was a man made path that the town had made years ago so the tourists could walk the water line without having to danger the rocks and dangerous shore line. We came to a clearing. “Stop!” Shanna yelled. “Turn around. I am not a coward. I will not shoot you in the back.” I started to try to go shield Racheal when I heard a shot ring out. I heard people yelling. When I looked up Shanna was laying on the ground and the police where all over the place.
    “Alison, Alison…” It was Jason. He was running towards me. He got to me and took the gag off. I was crying and I could not stop. I saw that Racheal and Helen were ok but Shanna lay very still.
    “Jason,” I cried out. “Is she...”
    “Yes and we have Reese and the men on the boat in custody. They picked up Riley at the air port along with a few of the other big key players.” I shook my head. Riley was going to leave Shanna here with Reese holding the bag. I looked sadly at Shanna’s body. It was all so sad. In a way, I was glad Shanna did not know about Riley’s pending betrayal. As much as I wanted to be angry about all of this I was very sad about Shanna. She was right. All of her life she fought to be important. Even making other women beautiful just picked away at her insecurities of feeling like a nothing in our small town where everyone, including her, was very important. The one person who made her feel like she was something had been in the process of hurting her more than any of us could of even tried to do. He made her trust him, fall in love with him and then he was getting ready to desert her. The ambulances and FBI all started showing up. They got Helen and Racheal settled for transport. I spoke to them both. Neither one of them held any ill will against me. I apologized repeatedly until Helen hushed me.
    “I wouldn’t change a thing dear. It has been a long time since I have had any excitement in my life. As long as my Racheal is, ok and you are ok as well. No, harm no foul. Come see us dear. Anytime.” I hugged her and they took them to the hospital.
    “Come on Alison. You have to go too.” Jason said. More hospital time. I thought. Just what I needed. I knew better than to argue so I let them strap me in a gurney and do what they needed to do.
    I was lucky. I was only in the hospital for a couple of days. I was dehydrated. It was very obvious according to the nurse that I had been assaulted so bringing charges against Reese would be very easy. Jason, of course was by my side nearly twenty-four seven. If he was not Jenna, Lisa and Jim were. My nurse Marla was really was very happy to see me as I was her. Jason filled me in on everything. Marla had gone out to her car to get a couple things thinking I would be ok. She got talking to my neighbor Bonnie and realized I had not come out of the house. She went back in and realized I was gone. Jason told me they had hunted for me for days when he got my call. They knew Shanna and Reese had taken me. Jason had been on his way home to let me know that the FBI had finally figured out Shanna was not a victim but pretty much one of the main players. The more they dug they also realized that Shanna’s beauty parlor had been bought