Coastal Cottage Calamity (A Logan Dickerson Cozy Mystery Book 2) by Abby L. Vandiver Read Free Book Online

what kind of fish that
was on the Island. The house was quiet. The Anderson’s had been long gone, and there
were still a few stragglers were having desert and coffee in the dining room.
Miss Vivee had gone out to her greenhouse, but not before telling me for the
umpteenth time to get her a memo pad from Hadley’s Drugstore. Renmar was back
in the kitchen and I’d heard Brie stirring around in her room.
    My hand sliding
along the handrail, eyes down, I trotted down the steps. Bay, coming through
the front door just as I landed off the last step, grabbed me and pulled me
into the closet under the stairs.
    “What is this
fascination everyone has with this closet?” I said and yanked on the chain to
turn on the light.
    “I just wanted to
be close to you,” he said.
    “In here? I do
have a room . . .” But before I could finish my sentence, he reached up and
turned the light off. Then he wrapped his arms around my body and pressed his
lips to mine. I could feel my muscles turn to jelly, and there was a spark that
sizzled each time it skipped its way down my spine.
    “Mmmm . . .” I
moaned when his mouth released mine. I tugged on my bottom lip with my top one,
tasting him again. He smelled so good. I nuzzled my head into his chest and
closed my eyes.
    “Hi, Logan,” he
said and stroked my hair. “I missed you.”
    “Mmmhmm,” I said
enjoying his smell. His warmth. The beating of his heart.
    “Did you miss me?”
he asked.
    “Yeah. Of course.”
I said and stepped back, stumbling over something on the floor. Then I said it
again – for confirmation. “I missed you.” But then it sounded more like an
automatic response than an emotional one.
    He reached out and
felt for my arms. He grabbed them and let his hands slide down to my wrists. “Are
you sure? You sound like you’re not sure if you did.”
    “I definitely
missed you,” I said trying to add more feeling. “I’ve just been so busy.”
    Bay was really my
first boyfriend. I had been such a nerd most of my life. Worrying about nothing
but school, getting my doctorates. While my friends were dating and some even
getting married and having kids, I didn’t ever think much of doing anything
like that. If it wasn’t for my father staying on me about not burying my head
in books and finding a man to “make a life with” he’d always say, I probably
wouldn’t have given Bay a second thought.
    I pulled on the
chain, flooding the small area with light again. I squinted until my eyes
adjusted, and then focused on his soft, hazel eyes.
    I’m so glad I listened
to my daddy.
    “I missed you.” I
placed a kiss on each hand. “I missed you.” I pulled his head down and kissed
his lips. “And I am soooo happy you’re here.” I put my head back on his chest
and squeezed him tight.
    I am definitely going
to have to learn to do this girlfriend/boyfriend thing right. Especially with
Bay living in Atlanta and me working in Yasamee. The long distance relationship
was going to be hard enough. Being so far apart certainly wasn’t typical for
people just starting out.
    “Well don’t get
too happy,” he said and chuckled. I looked up at him. “I’m going to have to
escort the body up to Atlanta.”
    “Atlanta?” I
pulled away from him. “Why isn’t it going to Augusta, that’s only twenty-five
miles away? And that’s where you and the Sheriff took Gemma Burke’s body.”
    “I know. But the
FBI’s medical examiner has to do the autopsy since we’re taking over the case.
And that’s where he is. You know, the FBI has its own little world.”
    “Yeah. I also saw
that Sheriff Haynes wasn’t too happy about the FBI coming in taking over his
investigation.”
    Bay laughed.
“Yeah, I know. Tom. He’s the liaison that was there this morning. He’d been
close and got the call, which I guess now was a good thing. He’s a stickler for
rules.”
    “Yeah. I noticed
that,” I said. “Brandishing his gun.”
    “His gun?” Bay
shook his head. “He