Appliqued to Death by Kathleen Suzette

Author:Kathleen Suzette [Suzette, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Darren had been bothered enough by Bill’s behavior to mention it to his mother. It might have been in casual conversation, but if it hadn’t been something he’d had on his mind, it wouldn’t have come up. The problems between the two of them may have gone deeper than I thought. I didn’t know if Robert would tell me what Mrs. Peabody said to him, but it made me suspicious about Bill. Was he really capable of murder? I wasn’t sure, but I wanted to know.

“Come on,” I said to Peggy as she stuck her key into the lock on her classroom door. It was the end of the day and most of the students had already gone home.

“Where are we going?”

“We’re going to go pay a certain PE teacher a visit,” I said.

She looked at me, one eyebrow raised. “That’s an excellent idea.”

“Isn’t it though?” We headed to the gym.

“What are you going to say to him?” she asked as we hurried across the blacktop.

“I don’t know,” I said. “I’ll think of something when we get there.”

When we got to Bill’s office, I was glad to see he was alone this time.

He looked up from the paperwork on his desk. “Well,” he said giving us a smile. “It looks like the entire home economics department is paying me a visit. To what do I owe the pleasure?”

I smiled back at him and realized I still didn’t have any idea what I was going to say. I took a seat without him offering it, and Peggy followed my lead. “Hi Bill,” I said. “How are you doing today?” When in doubt, stall ‘em.

His eyes narrowed slightly at the question, but he recovered quickly. “I’m doing just fine. Just going over grades for my classes. The school year will be over before we know it and I can hardly wait.”

“Oh? Do you have plans for the summer?” I asked him. “A fancy vacation, maybe?”

“Nothing fancy, but I’ve been dreaming of going fishing for months now. I’d like to go out to the lake and camp for a couple of weeks at a time this summer, but I’ll probably only manage a weekend here and there.” He looked at Peggy and then at me again. “Do you ladies have plans for the summer?”

“Yes, I plan on doing a whole lot of home maintenance that I never got around to during the school year,” Peggy said and glanced at me.

“Daniel and I haven’t decided what we’re going to do yet,” I said. “But I sure hope we get a vacation in this year. We didn’t get a chance to go anywhere last year. There just seems to be so much to do around the house and the summer just flies by.”

“You can say that again.” He nodded and smiled at me, and in the ensuing silence, he looked at Peggy and then back to me again. “So, is this just a social visit?”

“Oh,” I said trying to think fast. “We just thought we’d stop in and say hello.

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