A View to a Kilt (Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Book 13) by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Author:Kaitlyn Dunnett [Dunnett, Kaitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2020-01-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Although they lived in the same small town, Liss’s contact with Thea Campbell was limited. She was accustomed to thinking of the older woman in only two contexts: a longtime, no-nonsense member of the town’s board of selectmen and as the grandmother of Pete and Sherri’s children. She much preferred the latter incarnation, and was relieved when Sherri, albeit reluctantly, offered her the option of a meeting on neutral ground. Thea would be babysitting at Sherri’s house all afternoon.

“Christina will be down for her nap by two,” Sherri said, “and if Amber is absorbed in a coloring book, you could drive a steam engine through our living room and she wouldn’t notice. You don’t need to worry about little pitchers with big ears.”

“If you’re sure.” Christina was three and Amber was seven. Sherri’s teenaged son, Adam, who usually looked after them when both their parents had to work, was spending the weekend in Fallstown with a friend from school.

“Trust me. This is your best chance to make your case. Pete’s mother is never so mellow as when she’s spending time with her granddaughters.”

With a viable plan in place, Liss went home to have lunch and check on Glenora. The little cat refused to come out from underneath the living-room sofa.

“I’m not going to shove something nasty down your throat,” Liss told her. “I just want a cuddle.”

Glenora didn’t believe her. Although Liss was still worried about her pet, she let her be. There was no point in traumatizing either of them.

At two on the dot, Liss knocked at the side door of the fixer-upper Pete and Sherri had moved into a few years earlier.

“It’s unlocked.” Thea’s voice sounded uncharacteristically cheerful. “Let yourself in.”

Pete’s mother kept her back to Liss while she’d popped a coffee pod into place and pressed the brew button. Only then, did she glance over her shoulder. She did a double take when she recognized Liss.

“Oh. It’s you.” Thea looked disappointed.

“Who were you expecting?” Liss was genuinely curious.

Thea ignored the question. “Coffee?”

Liss shook her head. “I’m trying to cut back.”

She did, however, accept the offer of two of the chocolate-chip cookies cooling on a rack next to the stove. Since Sherri’s young daughters had made them, they were oddly shaped, but smelled and tasted delicious.

“Where are the girls?”

“Both of them are napping.” Thea grinned. “I managed to wear them out. Not bad for an old broad, eh?”

Liss took a second bite of her cookie and studied her hostess. There was something different about the town selectwoman today, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was. She supposed it might just be what Sherri had said: Thea was more relaxed and approachable when she was around her granddaughters. Even so, it didn’t take Thea long to get around to asking what it was Liss wanted.

“I need to show you something, Thea.” She produced the page of notes she and her mother had found in Florida and passed it across the kitchen table.

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