Murder She Baked: A Plum Pudding Murder Mystery Page #4

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Maybe you should get down.

Bad news?

Hannah's better at this.

Go on, honey.

Dr. Love,

I'm sorry to be

the one to tell you,

but your ex-husband,

Larry jaeger,

he was found

murdered last night.

She's in shock.

Quick, Hannah,

the chocolate-chip

pretzel cookies,

before she faints.

This just saves me

a whole lot of trouble.

He needs to cool down.

I'm sorry?

Larry wasn't my ex-husband.

Wait!

I'm so embarrassed.

Did I get this wrong?

I thought

you were married to him.

You told me that, right?

I was married to him,

but he wasn't my ex-husband,

he's my current husband.

We were never divorced.

Oh! You loved him too much

to let him go.

That's so moving.

Uh, no. I couldn't find him.

I'd have divorced him years ago,

after he cleaned out

our bank accounts

and walked out on me.

He was a total charmer,

but a complete bum.

It's true, what they say--

You never really

know anyone, do you?

So you hadn't seen

Larry jaeger in 10 years?

We moved from here

to California,

and he disappeared.

I wasn't even able

to serve him with the papers.

Hmm. But you knew he'd come back

in Eden lake, right?

I mean, his tree lot

was very close

to your radio station.

You must've driven

past it every day.

I did, but I had

just found out recently.

I contacted the lawyer

and we were going

to serve the papers.

Jamie?

Um, I'm sorry,

can I just ask one more thing?

The police are gonna be looking

for someone with a motive.

Where were you last night?

Hannah!

It's okay.

I, uh, did the evening segment

of my radio show, as usual.

I signed off at 9:00

and then I went home.

I was home alone reading,

went to sleep around 10:00.

Hmm. See?

No. Mother.

He abandoned her.

I mean, this man conned you

and took your money,

and you found out

that he was a mile

away from you,

and you didn't go confront him?

I wanted my divorce.

I wanted that chapter closed.

He was my past, not my present.

Good girl.

Ease

he was my past,

let detective Kingston know

that Hannah Swensen

called again?

Thank you.

I think we did the right thing.

We should've talked to Mike

before we spoke to her.

The true friend walks in

when the rest of the world

walks out, Hannah.

Mike's gonna be angry

that we approached a suspect.

Nancy's not a suspect.

Maybe.

She hasn't seen him in years.

We still should've talked

to the police first.

She is my dear friend.

Can you drop me off

at the college, please?

My business class

starts in 15 minutes

and I don't want to be late.

I can't wait for you

to meet miss whiting.

She'll give you great marketing

tips for Hannah's cookie jar.

I don't know if I need--

She's a business genius, honey.

Yes. Sounds great, mother.

I do hope Carrie's here today.

She's missed so much already.

Oh, I forgot to tell you--

I found out that

Norman's mother,

she's-- she's dating.

- Carrie?

- Yeah.

- She's dating?

- Yeah.

Well, who?

Mom, I don't know.

Norman and I saw them together

at Pallioti's--

Wait, you and Norman,

together, at Pallioti's?

- It was just a dinner--

- Oh, honey!

Hannah, that's so wonderful!

I can't wait to tell Carrie.

Great.

I can't believe

she didn't tell me

she was seeing someone.

- I tell her everything.

- I know.

So how did they seem?

I don't know. They skirted out.

I think they saw us

and they didn't want

us to see them.

I bet she met him on

meet my match.

Norman's mother

is on a dating website?

We both are.

You think you know someone!

Oh, I'm an open book

to you, Hannah.

Mostly.

It does come as a surprise

to discover one's mother

is on a dating website.

I'm a single woman!

We must be resourceful.

I made you a profile, too.

Oh, miss whiting!

Hey. What? What? Why?

Just in case you

and Norman don't work out.

Or... What's his name?

You've got to

have a backup plan.

- No! I don't!

- Miss whiting.

I don't need a backup plan.

I'd like to

introduce you to my daughter.

This is miss Hannah Swensen.

Hi.

The owner

of Hannah's cookie jar.

A thriving business.

Congratulations on your move

to main street.

Thank you so much.

I've had guest speakers

from town come to my class--

An accountant, locals...

It's nice for

my students to hear

from a successful

local business owner

from their own community.

Would you be willing to come?

I would be happy to.

Hannah!

Thank you.

I was just reading about you

this morning in the newspaper.

What a horrible thing

you've just gone through.

- Yes--

- It's happened to Hannah before.

I don't know why.

My son-in-law

is a deputy sheriff,

and he'll have whoever did this

behind bars in no time.

Well, I hope you're right.

Well, we'd better get to class.

Lovely to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm so looking forward--

...to you speaking to our class.

I'll arrange it

for after Christmas.

Okay! That sounds great.

Goodbye, mother.

Did you get

that assignment done?

Yes, of course I did.

Oh, look at you, star student.

What are the motives?

Greed.

Could've borrowed money

from someone...

Maybe someone stood to inherit

if he died.

Maybe someone robbed him.

I mean, it could've been

that home invasion ring

that Mike is investigating.

What about Dr. Love?

Dr. Love

was married to the guy...

She hated him.

Then there's Courtney.

Courtney's engaged to him...

Oh, hey, Mike.

Hi. I got your messages.

It's just been, uh--

It's been a little busy

at the station.

What is this,

a cookie emergency?

I'll take a cup of coffee.

Great!

I shut down my machine,

but I do have

some of the holiday blend

I've been working on,

and it's gotten

some rave reviews.

That sounds great.

So how'd you do it?

How'd you beat me to Dr. Love?

Because I had officers

dispatched at her home,

at her office,

at the radio station.

My mother knows her,

knows her routine,

and once my mother gets

her mind set on something...

I know. Just like her daughter.

You realize that if Dr. Love

is the person

that committed this murder,

that you put your mother

and yourself in serious danger?

Not to mention interfering,

possibly compromising

a homicide investigation--

Well--

People go to jail

for less than that.

I'm sorry.

That's why I was calling.

To apologize

and to tell you what happened.

So how did Dr. Love react

to the news that jaeger is dead?

Really odd.

I mean, she didn't try to hide

how relieved she was, you know?

I get it--

He took all her money,

and left her hanging

in California,

but that was a long time ago.

Guess she's entitled

to be bitter

and maybe want closure.

Or revenge.

Right. Can I just

ask you something?

I'm not investigating anything,

I'm just naturally curious.

I was wondering

if you have any other suspects?

It is an open investigation,

Hannah. Thank you.

I understand that Larry

had a lot of other women

he was dating at one point.

That's just me

sharing information,

you know, with the police.

Your customers are right.

This is really good coffee.

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