A Leap of Faith by Lenora Worth

Author:Lenora Worth
Language: eng
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Published: 2006-03-08T15:43:23+00:00

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“Naw,” Martha said, smiling at the next person coming through the door. “He didn’t talk about his work too much. Some of the other men might know, though.”

“Thank you so much,” Autumn said. “We’ve heard the food is really good at these socials. Betsy really wanted us to drop by and tell you all how much she appreciates all of you.”

“That’s mighty nice of her,” Martha called as they walked into the lunch line. “Y’all be sure and stay around for the gospel quartet. Those boys can really sing.”

“We look forward to it,” Campbell replied. Then he turned to Autumn. “So far, so good.”

“This wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be,”

Autumn said in a tight whisper.

“We’re not done yet. I don’t think Betsy has told anyone that when Willard got called away, he took half her life savings with him.”

“No, I don’t think so, which is why we have to be very careful.”

“Look and listen,” Campbell reminded her, his eyes scanning the crowd. “Before we finish here today, we should have a thorough background on one Willard Watson.”

“Probably more information than we ever wanted to know,” Autumn said, chuckling.

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“Yes, but this is just the beginning. I intend to do a thorough search down at the courthouse, too.”

“How?”

“Public records. If he has anything so much as a traffic ticket, it will help us. I’m going to check at small claims court, too. I have a distinct feeling that Willard has probably passed his share of bad checks.”

“You continue to amaze me,” Autumn said, shock clearing her face before she replaced it with a dainty smile. “I don’t even want to know how you learned all of this stuff.”

“Then I won’t tell you. Just keep smiling, princess. You look so natural doing it.”

“Why, thank you. And don’t call me princess.”

“Let’s not fight in front of the old people.”

“I’m not going to fight. But I will kick you in the shin if you mess with me.”

“You are one high-maintenance date.”

“And don’t you forget it. But we’re not on a date.”

“Part of our undercover cover, remember?”

“Oh, right. Okay, then I guess we are on a date, because I refuse to—”

“I know, I know. You won’t stoop to being deceitful.”

“That’s right.”

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He didn’t bring up the fact that they were both deceiving themselves in trying to keep things between them strictly professional. Now probably wasn’t the time for that.

They both turned on smiles as yet another senior citizen introduced himself and started talking all about the courtship of Betsy and Willard. And teased Campbell and Autumn about their own obviously budding courtship.

Which neither one of them bothered to deny.

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