Here’s a tiny little excerpt from A Murder of Consequence – A Darcy Sweet Mystery book 15
Darcy made a straight line right to him, and he stood up to meet her as they wrapped their arms around each other and held on as tightly as they could. He was dressed in jeans and a sweater under his heavy winter coat. Casual clothes for days he wasn’t working.
“Trouble finds you everywhere,” he said to her, “doesn’t it?”
“Well. You know how it is. The mysterious is all around us.”
“Maybe so, but it seems to have a road map to wherever you’re standing.”
“Shouldn’t you be in Misty Hollow?” she asked him, breathing in his cologne and holding onto him still. “You know, running a police department or something?”
His hand held her gently at the back of her neck, a comfortable and familiar pressure. “I am supposed to be running my department. Thing is, I got this phone call saying I was needed here.”
“I know. Ellen told me she called you.”
“You should’ve been the one to call me, Sweet Baby.”
Her whispered nickname warmed her heart. “I didn’t think you could get away.”
“I’ll always be here for you. No matter what else is going on.”
She wasn’t even sure how long they stayed there standing like that, and she didn’t care. When Ellen cleared her throat—very loudly—Darcy knew their moment was over. Back to the mystery at hand.
Stepping back from Jon, she pushed back a strand of her hair with one hand, keeping her other hand held tightly around his. “Um. Right. Ellen and Connor and I were just about to go check out the hiking trails down by the river.”
Ellen held up the pamphlet about local hiking. The folded brochure had a picture of a smiling hiker on the front, holding a long walking stick and carrying a fully loaded backpack up whatever gentle, forested hill he was trekking on. Jon frowned at it.
“Uh. Why are you checking out hiking trails?”
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