The Full Cup of Murder: Cozy Murder Mystery (Full Cup Mysteries Book 1) by Ruby Jones

but did not say anything. It was so quiet in that room. He finally cleared his throat and looked at his lawyer.
    “I owe you nothing!” He spat at me. Jason started to rush towards him but was stopped. We got up and left quickly. We all stopped in the hall.
    “I am sorry.” I apologized a bit shaken up.
    “No apologies needed.” Holbrook said. We all shook hands. I knew I would see them in court but at this time, I really needed just to get away from it all. I grabbed Jason’s hand and he led me to the truck.
    “Where are we going?” I asked.
    “I don’t know. Do we really need to have a destination?”
    “Naw” I smiled. He pulled out of the driveway. He drove us out to the camp. We got out and sat on the porch. The lake looked so peaceful. I curled up and cuddled closer to Jason. As I thought about the last few weeks, I realized how much I have changed. How much the people of our small sleepy town will change. I was considering signing the bar over to Lisa and Jim. I asked Jason what he thought.
    “Sell the bar? It has been in your family for so many years.”
    “I know but there are so many frightening memories there for me. My whole family was rather involved with this, you know. What kind of legacy do I want to leave my children? The bar held some great memories for my family and I over the years and for a lot of families in the town but it also reminded me that my family had been in danger for years.”
    “What are you going to do from here?” He asked me as he realized what I was saying was true. It was a chapter in my life that I needed to close. As much as parts of it would really hurt.
    “I am not sure yet but I do have something else I must do.”
    The next day Jason and I drove back to town and headed right to the cemetery. We found Ray’s headstone immediately. His family and Jeff had bought a beautiful headstone shaped like a lighthouse. It was inscribed with his name and birth and death date and “May the light guide you to the peace you have earned” We both looked at each other with tears in our eyes. We also walked over to Shanna’s head stone. We did not go to her funeral. I had heard not many people did. Although I felt like I had to pay my respects because deep down I did not feel that Shanna deserved any of this. I just wanted to remember her as a young girl who just eagerly wanted everyone to accept her.
    “Come on.” Jason coaxed me.
    “Where are we going?”
    “Just come with me.” He smiled. He led me back to the truck and he drove us over to the Full Cup. We went inside and I was surprised to see Jim, Lisa, Jenna, her family and so many other local people I was close with.
    “Jason what have you done?” I turned to him. He was on his knee holding a ring box. I felt the heat go to my face.
    “Well?” Jenna asked after a few minutes of silence. Everyone laughed. I looked at Jason.
    “Yes.” I said. “Yes I will marry you.” Everyone clapped and we kissed. As people came up to talk to us I kind of wandered away from the crowd towards my office. I opened the door. Lisa had cleaned it up and organized it but it was still the same. I picked up the picture of Carl. Poor guy.  I walked over to the window and pulled the curtain aside. I saw a car pull up and a familiar person get out of it but I could not place him. Moments later, there was a soft knock at the door. Jason stuck his head in.
    “Alison.” He opened the door wider. Behind him stood Uncle Junior. He looked great compared to the pictures I had seen. He had aged nicely. He was dressed in a nice pair of jeans and casual shirt.
    “Junior.” I said.
    “Hello Alison.” He came in and Jason left and closed the door.
    “You have grown up to be a beautiful lady,” Junior said to me.
    “Thank you.” He just kept looking at me. For some reason I followed my urge and hugged him tightly. It was like years of tension just flowed from both of us. We talked for a while and Jason had to finally come get me as people