Baby Sitter's Mystery: Dark Night Tales, #1

By Kelly Mathewson

Kimberly is sure there is something weird about her Mom's new boyfriend, and she is also the babysitter of his son. A mystery is unravelling as her and her teenage friends try to figure out this who done it.Are their fears justified, or is it their imagination. Strange things do go bump in the night.  Small Towns harbor many secret, but some don't want to remain buried.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CDH Publishing House
• Release date: Nov 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215032060

Kelly Mathewson

A hard-nosed Sagittarius, Kelly Mathewson experiences our vast universe as a being with many lives. A successful Attorney, Mediator, and Podcast producer, she writes books, novels and short stories based somewhat on her many experiences. Jack of all Trades… Master of Nothing Deal Maker, Deal Breaker, Negotiator and always a citizen of the Imagination.

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CHAPTER 1

Kimberly sighed, and leant her head against the car window. Sometimes she wondered how she got herself into these things! Maybe it was the fact that she was good-natured, and didn't like to say no.

You know that Timothy is a diabetic right? So that means- Her mother began.

-if he has a diabetic attack I have to give him some of the jelly beans that are in the container on top of the fridge and call Aaron on his cell phone straight away Kimberly completed.

Right, and if he is thirsty after he goes to bed-

-he can have water. Relax mom! I've got it! Kimberly said. It should be Aaron panicking like this not you!

It's just that I want to make sure everything's alright! Her Mom explained.

I'm sure everything will be fine. I have babysat before you know! Kimberly said, rolling her eyes. Back home I used to baby-sit for the twins all the time!

Kimberly, I wish you'd stop referring to Cherryvale as home. We've been here three months now, surely it's beginning to feel like home? Her Mom said.

Kimberly didn't reply. How could she tell her Mom that she didn't feel like this was home? That home was where the rest of her family-her Dad, and her brother, and her grandparents-and friends were. Not somewhere they'd moved because her Mom and Dad got a divorce and her Mom decided to go back to work full-time, and when she got her dream job this meant moving halfway across the country and leaving behind everyone she loved? And that sometimes she regretted going with her Mom? And that she didn't think too much of her Mom's new boyfriend?

Kimberly? Her Mom persisted.

It's just, well, sometimes I miss Dad, and my friends.. Kimberly said, sighing.

Oh sweetie that's perfectly normal. Her Mom replied, glancing over at her, and then looking back at the road. If you didn't I'd be concerned! But you know you can spend summers with them. And when you go to college if you want to go to one back over on the East coast that's perfectly alright with me!

I haven't even thought about college yet. Kimberly admitted. It seems so far away.

It's never too early to start planning your future! Her Mom said. Like whether you want to do prelaw or not?

Kimberly's Mom was a lawyer and as long as Kimberly could remember she'd always hoped one of her children would follow in her steps. Whilst Kimberly considered herself and her Mom close (that was probably the main reason she moved with her-she was a lot closer to her than she was to her Dad) she wasn't too sure she wanted to be stuck in a courtroom all day!

So, what exactly is this fundraiser tonight? Kimberly said, changing the subject.

It's for the new building. The firm and a few other firms, think it would be good if we were all in one building. That way, with us all specializing in different areas, it would be nice and neat. Her Mom explained.

So Aaron's firm would be moving into the building to then? Kimberly asked.

We hope so, yes. Her Mom replied.

Hmmm. Kimberly said, but she didn't have time to say anything else, because they were pulling into the driveway of Aaron's fairly large house. It was in a nicer area than where Kimberly and her Mom lived, but Kimberly still felt that the cozy house she and her Mom shared was far more homey than this. She had a sudden thought that if her Mom and Aaron got married they'd have to move into here, and made a face.

Are you coming in? Her Mom frowned at her.

Oh, right, sure. Kimberly said, getting out of the car.

Aaron answered the doorbell almost straight away. I thought you'd changed your mind. He said.

Kimberly glanced at her watch; they were only five minutes late for god's sake!

No just my outfit at the last minute. Kimberly didn't like the one I had on- she thought it was .

Sounds fine to me. Aaron said, winking at Kimberly, who managed a weak smile. She wasn't sure what it was, but there was something about the man which she just didn't like. On the phone to her brother the other day she'd told him this, and he asked whether she just didn't like the fact that their Mom had a new boyfriend already? "I'd probably feel the same way if Dad came home with some new