A Tale of Two Biddies (League of Literary Ladies) by Logan Kylie

Author:Logan, Kylie [Logan, Kylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

When we walked into the knitting shop, Margaret was on the phone. “Alice,” she mouthed and pointed to the phone, then held up one finger to tell us she’d be right with us.

By the time she was, I was ready with the story we’d concocted on the way over. The one about how Margaret and Alice were always so busy, and how since they were Richie’s landladies we figured they might need help cleaning out his house.

“It’s going to be a busy weekend,” I told her after I’d finished up that first part of the story, and even I was surprised I could sound so innocent when I had prevarication in my heart. “So we’re not going to have much of a chance to get any cleaning done until next week, but if we could go over this evening just to look around and see what we’re getting into, well, then we’ll know what we need. I mean as far as storage boxes and cleaning supplies.”

“That is the nicest thing anybody ever offered to do for me,” Margaret said, then added instantly, “for us, really, because my goodness, Alice will just be tickled pink when I tell her the news. You sure you girls want to take on a job like this?”

We assured her we did.

Margaret tipped her head to the side, thinking. “Well,” she finally said, “the police have been through the house and they’re done with it. Hank himself stopped in this afternoon to tell me as much. So I don’t see what earthly reason there would be to keep you out.” She reached under the front counter near the cash register and came out holding a key ring with a pink enameled tabby cat dangling from one end. “You’re sure?” she asked again before she handed it over. “It could be more of a job than you signed on for.”

“There are four of us,” I chirped, then added, “well, there will be next week when Luella’s not so busy with charters. And like I said, we won’t even try to start anything tonight.”

“Except to make lists,” Kate chimed in.

“And make sure the place is locked up nice and tight when we’re done,” Chandra added.

“By next week . . .” As if the job was already finished, Chandra brushed her hands together. “We’ll be done with it lickety-split.”

I couldn’t argue with the lickety-split. Lickety-split, before Margaret could either change her mind or realize we had more on our minds than simply neighbor helping neighbor, we took the keys and left the shop, and within just a few minutes we arrived at our destination.

The old Defarge family home was situated on the northwest corner of South Bass, about as far from downtown Put-in-Bay as it was possible to get on an island that is only four miles long to begin with. With the distance to the knitting shop and the thought of a daily commute in all sorts of weather, I could see why Margaret and Alice had decided to move into the cottage behind the store.

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