The Sleuthing Game: A Cozy Mystery (A Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery Book 16) by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2024-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

By the time Tony returned from his meeting with Zak, it was almost five o’clock. I asked him how it went, and he said it went well but indicated that he needed to think some things through before he gave him an answer. Tony said Zak was okay with that and seemed pretty casual about the whole thing, so Tony suggested that the two of us take off and leave Shaggy in charge of the booth until closing time. Shaggy indicated that he was fine being on his own, and I was actually getting tired, so I agreed.

I asked Tony what he wanted to do for dinner, and he suggested the same bar and grill with the dog-friendly deck we’d been to before. The food had been good, the atmosphere charming, and the menu had been huge, so there were plenty of new things to try despite the fact that it would be a return trip to the same eatery. Since Tilly would be welcome at the bar and grill, Tony suggested we head there directly, have a meal, and then return to the house to relax. I could see that Tony had a lot on his mind, so even though I would have preferred to swing by the house to clean up a bit before going out to eat, I readily agreed.

The village was crowded at this time of the day, so Tony parked around in the back, and we walked past the ice skating rink, which was all lit up for night skating as we made our way toward the restaurant.

“That looks fun,” I said to Tony as we passed the far northern edge of the rink. “Look at that little girl with the red jacket and black tights. She can’t be older than three or four.”

“She really is cute,” Tony agreed. “When we have kids, I want to get them started on winter sports early.”

“I’ve seen kids as young as three on the slopes, and we just agreed that little girl on the ice skates can’t be older than three or four,” I agreed. “My parents had me on the slopes almost as soon as I could walk. I was always happy that I learned when I was young. I guess if we’re going to get our children an early start in life, we might want to be sure they can swim at an early age. With the lake on our property, it will be important that they can keep their heads above water even when they are very young.”

Tony frowned. “I hadn’t thought about the lake and the danger it might present to a child. A pool can be fenced in, but a lake? Maybe we should think about moving.”

I laughed. “And I thought I was going to be the worry wort. We don’t need to move. We just need to keep an eye on them when they’re little and make it a priority that they know how to swim by the time they can walk.

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