Murder She Baked: A Plum Pudding Murder Mystery Page #8

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Not really.

Oh, Mr. Rhodes,

your table's ready.

- Hi! Oh, great.

- Can I grab your coats?

Oh, yes, of course. Thank you.

Here you are.

Thank you. Kaitlyn?

Dr. Love was arrested,

and I know there's

tons of evidence,

but I don't think she did it.

I'm just so glad

to not have to talk about that

or think about it.

The chef's daily special

is on the front page,

and I'll be back in a moment

to take your orders.

- Great.

- Yeah.

Thanks.

I can't help it.

I think about it all the time.

I like to solve puzzles.

I do the New York times

crossword puzzle every Sunday.

Well, that's impressive.

And safe.

You should stick to that.

I mean, all these

other situations

you get yourself involved in,

they're not games, Hannah.

You know it's-- it's dangerous.

You know?

Look, I just--

Thank you.

I...

I care about you..

A lot... and I...

I guess you already know that.

I got you something.

Oh, my goodness.

Norman.

I'm not ready to answer

that question. We-- we...

Haven't known

each other that long--

Oh, my gosh. No, no, no.

I'm sorry, it's not a ring.

I'm not proposing.

Ohh!

I'm sorry.

I must have--

You almost gave me

a heart attack!

Wow. Yeah.

I mean, not that I wouldn't--

Please stop. No, it's okay.

I understand.

Well, go on, open it up.

Early Christmas present.

Wow!

They're garnet stones,

it's your birthstone.

Yeah.

They're beautiful.

Just like you.

Thank you.

I haven't gotten you

your Christmas present yet.

I'm still working on it.

Don't be silly.

Honestly, you haven't charged me

for anything sweet

since the day I met you.

That is hardly the same thing.

Norman, I love them.

Well, good, I'm glad.

You know, you almost ruined

the surprise with those.

Really?

My cousin

works at crown jewelry--

Have you had a chance

to check the menu yet?

Uh, no, not yet.

No, no. Not ready.

- Okay. Sure.

- Thanks.

What did you say

about your cousin?

She works at crown jewelry

on main street

and I was just leaving her shop

when I ran into you, so...

Close one.

Your cousin?

I remember.

I know.

I know. You're right.

Here we are. Watch your step.

Thank you so much for today,

and for the earrings.

Oh, gosh. It's my pleasure.

I'm so happy

that I came back to Eden lake,

and I'm so happy

I got to meet you.

Me too.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

How was it?

You scared me.

How was the kiss?

Moishe and I

were watching from the window.

It was very nice.

What did you get?

Norman gave me earrings

for Christmas.

Oh!

Okay, these are beautiful!

I know, right?

Norman definitely

gets points for this.

But I bet Mike'll get you

something better for Christmas.

I'm not even seeing

Mike on Christmas.

He didn't ask.

And besides, I'm busy

getting everything

ready for our dinner.

He didn't ask

to spend time with you

because he is coming

here for dinner.

Uh, actually, mother

invited Carrie and Norman,

so there is no way

she would invite Mike.

Mother didn't invite him.

Of course she didn't.

I did.

What? You-- you invited--

Bianco Media Center?

What is that?

Invited mi... It's mother's

business class homework,

it's not real.

No, Bianco Media Center

is an actual business.

Really?

- You invited Mike.

- Great deals.

It's up in green bay.

Are you putting mom's

homework on the fridge?

Yeah, well, why not? You know?

I mean, she got an "a".

I think that's really sweet.

You're going to be

a very good mother.

Sarah! Oh, I'm so sorry.

Your triple-threat

chocolate cheesecake pies

aren't going to be ready

for 20 more minutes.

- Thank you, sir. Here.

- Okay.

Oh. Uh... there's not

enough time to do everything.

I just got in from

Chicago last night,

and I have to do all

my Christmas shopping.

I'm gonna come back in an hour.

Sounds good.

Oh, Sarah! Huh.

We're closing early tonight.

For the charity auction.

Oh, I'm going, too.

They're auctioning off

a trip to Disneyland.

I'm bidding on it!

I want

the home security package--

With everything that's been

happening in our neighborhood.

I want to replace

my old surveillance cameras.

Surveillance?

Yeah, nothing fancy.

It gets the job done.

I have cameras

on the outside of the house

so I can see who's at the door.

- Do you still live on Victoria

near main?

Across the street

from the tree lot.

What kind of camera is it?

Is it, like, um,

like, it records,

or does it just play live?

Uh, both.

I was just thinking, you know,

that we could get something

for here.

Um, what time do you think

you'll be home?

Uh, about an hour.

What if I delivered

your pies to you?

I'd be happy to do it.

I'm gonna be in the area anyway.

You are?

Really?

I don't want to put you out.

'Tis the season. Happy to do it.

So I'll see you at your house

in an hour?

Yeah, that's wonderful!

Thank you.

Great! No problem.

Okay.

Okay.

That's it.

Thank you.

- Hannah!

- Hi.

What are you doing here?

Merry Christmas!

I'm handing out

some Christmas treats.

We had to close down

the shop early

for the charity auction tonight.

- Really?

- Merry Christmas.

Yes, Mike.

I am sure you'd love

to hand some out back here.

- Thank you so much.

- You're very welcome.

So it's nothing to do

with the fact that you'd like

to find out what's going on

with Dr. Love?

I resent that.

But I do think she's innocent.

I know you think

she's innocent, but--

Oh! Ha. You heard me coming.

Merry Christmas!

You did the right thing,

turning her in.

Look, you know how

you got to give me

the Christmas tree,

because you bought it

six minutes before Norman did,

and it was time-stamped

on the receipt?

Yes.

Well, what about

the receipt that Dr. Love had?

I mean-- oh,

excuse me, detective.

Merry Christmas!

Uh, what did the

time-stamp say on her receipt?

It said 8:
30, which gives her

plenty of time to make it home,

drop off the Christmas tree,

come back, shoot Larry,

before you get there at 9:30.

But, come on, Mike,

I really don't think that

that is what happened.

Okay, Hannah, stop.

What are you up to?

Okay, so, I don't

want you to be mad,

but, um, Sarah Shanfield,

she lives across the street

from the crazy elf tree lot,

and she has security cameras

that are pointing

at the parking lot,

and she showed me

the surveillance footage,

and I looked at it.

Yo, Mike!

- You--

- Call on line six.

- Hannah, you can't keep--

- I wanted to--

Look. You need to go now, okay?

I'll see you later.

But what about the--

I will watch this.

I will watch it right now.

- Line six?

- Yeah.

Oh! Tell me that's fudge?

Fudge mallows.

Yep!

Yeah, he was not a very

good guy, Mr. Jaeger.

No...

That is just a partial list

of the people he swindled.

- That's really sad.

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah. This case is wrapping up.

That's good.

Hey, bill. Why would someone

shoot out a TV like that?

A crime of passion?

People do crazy things.

No, maybe she just didn't like

what he was watching.

Come on.

Oh! I have to run.

Andrea's expecting me

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