case of the nerves.”
“Really?” I bit back the desire to tell him that I had just come from the headquarters and she was fine and dandy. “And I’m trying to locate his mother, Jenny Rossen, but she hasn’t turned up.”
“She hasn’t?” I gasped, knowing the will between mother and son was a good reason to kill and how Jenny could now have a majority of the company.
“Nope.” He shook his head. “It’s like she doesn’t exist. But I’m not done looking. I heard a lot of those workers go to Mac’s, that bar on the other side of town, after supper. I think they know something they aren’t telling me.”
His words struck my gut. Doesn’t exist? Jenny does. At least that was why and how I had met Tiffany in the first place. The dreaded stress of the mother-in-law. Plus Pearl or Josh knew something. At least Faith said one of them, he or Pearl, and he seemed to be the likely one since he seemed to have his ear in everyone’s conversations. It was about time I stepped my witchy toes inside of Mac’s.
Chapter Fourteen
“They what?” Raven Mortimer poured a cup of hot coffee from the freshly brewed pot and set it between us. She merely stared, tongue-tied. Her black hair was pulled back in a clip and she wore a pink apron with the Wicked Good Bakery Logo written in lime green.
Wicked Good Bakery was closed when I finally made it back to Whispering Falls, but it didn’t stop me from knocking on the door when I saw Raven working on the next day’s pastries. I needed a little June’s Gem fix to kill the stress of talking to Sonny about the case. I’d kept my little secret about Burt’s change in his will to myself. I really wanted to tell Oscar and let him do with it what he needed to do.
“Jenny, the new CEO and Burt’s mom, halted production. Everything. The entire product line.” I picked up the delicate china cup and took a sip. I picked up the June’s Gem and sunk my teeth into it. I closed my eyes and let the chocolaty goodness settle the nerve war going on inside of me. “Not only that, but Burt changed his will for his mom to get his portion of the business which. . .”
“Automatically gives her more shares and control of the business.” Raven’s jaw dropped, she held the tiny cup in front of her face. “Why would she halt production? If she’s the new CEO wouldn’t she want to make the business last?”
“Good question.” My mind began to turn a million miles a minute trying to come up with every excuse in the book on why Jenny would want the company to die. “Burt seemed happy about the lotion idea at Christmas, but when I was there yesterday for my first day, he tried to pull a fast one on me and use cheap plastic bottles.”
I took the time to explain to Raven exactly why my bottles were important and why I had gone there last night to put a little magical touch on them.
“I just couldn’t let them go out like that in good faith.” There was one thing I had to do. Go see Jenny Rossen. “Thanks for the coffee. I have to go.”
“You aren’t going to do something stupid are you?” There was doubt in her question because she knew I was going to do something that Oscar would not approve of.
“You don’t want to know,” I assured her and took another sip of my coffee.
“I don’t want to add to your stress, but I had a couple of visitors today.” Raven gazed at me with a half smile. “Helena and Eloise.”
“Ugh!” My jaw clamped tight and I could feel the tension creeping up in my veins.
“They wanted to make sure I was available during our All Hallows Eve festivities for a catering job for a wedding.” Her smile went wry.
“I guess I don’t have to tell you how much this displeases me.” I tapped the edge of the cup thinking how I just didn’t need this right now.
“They want me to make cupcakes with your initials on them. I couldn’t help but watch as they left.” She bit the corner of her lip as though she were trying to keep her mouth
“Really?” I bit back the desire to tell him that I had just come from the headquarters and she was fine and dandy. “And I’m trying to locate his mother, Jenny Rossen, but she hasn’t turned up.”
“She hasn’t?” I gasped, knowing the will between mother and son was a good reason to kill and how Jenny could now have a majority of the company.
“Nope.” He shook his head. “It’s like she doesn’t exist. But I’m not done looking. I heard a lot of those workers go to Mac’s, that bar on the other side of town, after supper. I think they know something they aren’t telling me.”
His words struck my gut. Doesn’t exist? Jenny does. At least that was why and how I had met Tiffany in the first place. The dreaded stress of the mother-in-law. Plus Pearl or Josh knew something. At least Faith said one of them, he or Pearl, and he seemed to be the likely one since he seemed to have his ear in everyone’s conversations. It was about time I stepped my witchy toes inside of Mac’s.
Chapter Fourteen
“They what?” Raven Mortimer poured a cup of hot coffee from the freshly brewed pot and set it between us. She merely stared, tongue-tied. Her black hair was pulled back in a clip and she wore a pink apron with the Wicked Good Bakery Logo written in lime green.
Wicked Good Bakery was closed when I finally made it back to Whispering Falls, but it didn’t stop me from knocking on the door when I saw Raven working on the next day’s pastries. I needed a little June’s Gem fix to kill the stress of talking to Sonny about the case. I’d kept my little secret about Burt’s change in his will to myself. I really wanted to tell Oscar and let him do with it what he needed to do.
“Jenny, the new CEO and Burt’s mom, halted production. Everything. The entire product line.” I picked up the delicate china cup and took a sip. I picked up the June’s Gem and sunk my teeth into it. I closed my eyes and let the chocolaty goodness settle the nerve war going on inside of me. “Not only that, but Burt changed his will for his mom to get his portion of the business which. . .”
“Automatically gives her more shares and control of the business.” Raven’s jaw dropped, she held the tiny cup in front of her face. “Why would she halt production? If she’s the new CEO wouldn’t she want to make the business last?”
“Good question.” My mind began to turn a million miles a minute trying to come up with every excuse in the book on why Jenny would want the company to die. “Burt seemed happy about the lotion idea at Christmas, but when I was there yesterday for my first day, he tried to pull a fast one on me and use cheap plastic bottles.”
I took the time to explain to Raven exactly why my bottles were important and why I had gone there last night to put a little magical touch on them.
“I just couldn’t let them go out like that in good faith.” There was one thing I had to do. Go see Jenny Rossen. “Thanks for the coffee. I have to go.”
“You aren’t going to do something stupid are you?” There was doubt in her question because she knew I was going to do something that Oscar would not approve of.
“You don’t want to know,” I assured her and took another sip of my coffee.
“I don’t want to add to your stress, but I had a couple of visitors today.” Raven gazed at me with a half smile. “Helena and Eloise.”
“Ugh!” My jaw clamped tight and I could feel the tension creeping up in my veins.
“They wanted to make sure I was available during our All Hallows Eve festivities for a catering job for a wedding.” Her smile went wry.
“I guess I don’t have to tell you how much this displeases me.” I tapped the edge of the cup thinking how I just didn’t need this right now.
“They want me to make cupcakes with your initials on them. I couldn’t help but watch as they left.” She bit the corner of her lip as though she were trying to keep her mouth
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