Yvette's Death (Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery Book 3) Read Free Page B

could find those plans that Sol had talked about. It did
seem too good to be true.
    A short time later, Cara sat in front
of her laptop and let out a sigh of irritation. She pointed at the computer and
said, “It’s no good having a fancy website if it takes forever to load! Typical
council organisation!”
    She gave up waiting for the council
site to load and looked at knitting shop websites to give her an idea of the
services they provided. She grimaced as she came across a site called Becky’s
Yarn Supplies. Those background colours did not work well together. She made
lots of notes and then started to put together a site for Yvette. She was soon
absorbed in her work and didn’t notice the time passing.
    Her heart missed a beat as someone
whispered in her ear, “Time to go!”
    Robin grinned at her. “You really
jumped then! I thought you were going to fall off your chair.”
    “Don’t sneak up on me! What are you
doing here?” Cara leapt to her feet. “Oh! Is it Yvette? Is she okay?”
    “She’s fine, she’s having a nice meal
with her family. I left her a second ago. She was talking about you to her
husband and said that you’d be at their house soon.”
    Cara looked at her watch. “Heck! I
didn’t realise what time it was.” She closed down her laptop and tucked it
under her arm.
    As they drove towards Yvette’s house
Robin told Cara about Yvette’s family. “Her husband is lovely, I can see the
love in his eyes whenever he looks at Yvette. And her son is a cheeky little
chap, looks just like his dad. You should have seen their faces when Yvette told
them about her shop. The husband wasn’t sure at first but he looked on the
council website and saw the plans.”
    “He got further than me,” Cara grumbled
as she drove down the road where Yvette lived.
    Robin’s happy tone changed. “They were
so excited about the changes. Yvette said her mum would have loved seeing the
row of shops full again. They were making plans for their future.” Cara stopped
the car outside Yvette’s house. Robin put his hand on Cara’s arm and said,
“Don’t let her die, Cara, she’s got so much to live for.”
    “I’ll do all that I can to keep her
alive,” Cara promised. “I’ve got you to help me. We’ll be fine.”
    Robin gave a slow nod. “I wish I could
share your confidence but don’t forget, we’re both new to this soul saving
business. What if we get it wrong? What if we can’t stop Yvette from being
murdered?”
    Cara put her hand on the driver’s door.
“Robin, we’re not even going to consider that possibility. Are you coming
inside with me?”
    Robin turned his head and looked
towards the rear window. “No, I’m staying here. Those two men we saw earlier
have been following you. They’ve parked a few cars back.”
    Cara stiffened. “Why have they been
following me?”
    “I don’t know. Maybe they saw you
talking to Yvette at the shopping centre earlier. I’ll keep an eye on them.”
    Cara took her laptop and bag out of the
car and crossed the road towards Yvette’s house. It was hard to walk normally
when she could feel eyes watching her every movement from the car parked down
the road.
    Yvette opened the door on the first knock.
She beamed at Cara and said, “I was beginning to think you’d never come!” She
pulled the door open. “Come in!”
    Yvette led her into the living room
where a man and young boy were reclining on the sofa. They looked like mirror
images of each other, one smaller than the other. The man stood up and extended
a hand. “You must be Cara, I’m Jake, Yvette’s husband.”
    “Hello.” Cara shook his hand.
    The boy jumped up and stuck his hand
out in the same manner. “I’m Ryan, Yvette’s son. How do you do?”
    Cara laughed and shook his hand. Yvette
ruffled her son’s hair and said, “You are too cheeky by half! Haven’t you got
homework to do?”
    Ryan grinned and flung his arms around
Yvette. “I’m too happy to do my homework, Mum! I