The Death Planner (Storage Ghost Murders Book 6) by Gillian Larkin Page A

another way to kill her. She decided to change the subject.
“Shall we see if we can find Giles anywhere? Elsa said he’d booked a room for
them that night. He might have turned up at the wedding to talk to her.”
    Jenny
looked up from her lap. “I’d almost forgotten about him! Yes, let’s have a look
and then you can track him down and confront him!”
    “One
step at a time.” Grace looked through the images again. She saw a few photos
with Elsa on them.
    Jenny
smiled. “Look how happy she looks. She loved being at these weddings. She was
helping out with the food at this one. As well as organising all the flowers of
course! I wouldn’t dare ask anyone else to deal with that.”
    Grace
paused over a photo. “Look at this. Elsa’s talking to a man. You can’t see his
face properly but look at his body language. He’s got his hand on the small of
Elsa’s back. That’s rather an intimate gesture. Elsa’s smiling at him, but
she’s smiling in all the photos so it’s hard to tell if this smile is
different. Hang on a moment.” Grace zoomed in on the man’s hand. “It’s Giles. That’s
the same ring that I saw on Elsa’s visitor the other night. He was there at the
wedding.”
    “Which
means he could be a suspect,” Jenny announced. “Why would he want to kill me?”
    Grace
wasn’t listening. “Jenny, look at this photo. Elsa is talking to Letty. Letty
is handing her something but I don’t think it’s a business card.” Grace clicked
on the enlarge button. “Letty is handing Elsa a folded piece of paper. There
must be some sort of message on it.”
    Jenny
gasped and her hands flew to her chest. “The couple! The couple that I saw in my
vision! It was Letty and Elsa. That’s why I was so upset. I saw them talking to
each other! Letty shouldn’t have been there, and she certainly shouldn’t have
been talking to my sister! What were they talking about? We have to find out.”
    Grace
nodded. “I think we need to have another talk with Elsa. And I may have to tell
her why you’ve appeared to me.” Grace closed the page down. Just as it closed a
phrase caught her eye. Grace started to open the page again but her phone rang.
    It
was a frantic-sounding Frankie. “Grace! You have to come down to the shop now!
It’s an emergency! Quick!”
    He
rang off before Grace could reply. Grace stood up and, trying to ignore her
suddenly racing heart, said to Jenny, “Elsa will have to wait a while longer.”

 

 
    Chapter
22

 
    Grace
raced through the shop door and came to a breathless halt in front of Frankie
who was standing behind the shop counter. She took a moment to catch her
breath. “I got here as fast as I could! What’s wrong? What’s the emergency?”
Her eyes narrowed as she took in Frankie’s calm demeanour. “Is there really an
emergency? Or is this one of your jokes?”
    Frankie
gave her a broad smile. “It is an emergency. Well, not so much an emergency as
a life-changing moment.” He cocked his head. “Is that the right expression?”
    Grace
came round to his side of the counter and shoved him. “Tell me now!”
    Frankie
held his hands up. “Calm down, you’ll scare the customers.”
    Grace
quickly scanned the shop. The only customer was Mrs Smith at the far end of the
shop, and Grace knew from past experience that the elderly lady was partly
deaf.
    Frankie
stood up straighter and held his head high. “I’m thinking of asking Beth to
marry me.”
    Time
seemed to stand still for Grace. There was a funny whooshing sound in her ears
and her vision started to blur. The ground tilted to one side, she stumbled and
grabbed hold of the counter.
    Frankie
was at her side in a moment. “Grace! Are you alright? You look like you’ve seen
a ghost!” His words sounded far away and muffled.
    The
actual ghost in the room came to Grace’s other side. She didn’t seem concerned
over Grace’s health at all. Jenny’s eyes shone and she said, “A wedding! What a
celebration!