Bed & Breakfast 18 - Silver Scream by Mary Daheim

Author:Mary Daheim [Daheim, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mary Daheim
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2010-03-22T04:00:00+00:00

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Mary Daheim

“Odo?” Judith responded. “His name is really Odo?”

“Yes,” Renie replied, looking very serious. “You know the original Odo. Bishop Odo became pope just in time to launch the First Crusade.”

Judith shook her head. “Funny, the kid didn’t look militant. Or religious.”

“He’s not,” Renie said. “At least as far as I can tell. I just wish the parents had more zip. They never flinched when our kids got into a shouting match. They didn’t bat an eye when Tom threw one of Tony’s socks in the consommé. And you know how Bill belches sometimes when he eats—well, the rest of them sat like statues when he practically blew up after taking a bite of jalapeño pepper by mistake.” Renie shook herself. “I babble. What are you doing here? Or should I guess?” She nodded in the direction of the door behind Judith.

“It’s been interesting,” Judith said, edging around the corner to the hallway, “but I’m pushing my luck. I’ve been eavesdropping for over five minutes, and the waiters are bound to reappear.”

“Care to join us?” Renie asked.

Judith grimaced. “I think I should go home. Mother must be famished. I’ll call a cab.”

“You don’t have to,” Renie said, piling linen napkins over her arm. “Bill drove your Subaru to Capri’s. Just get the keys from the valet.”

“Do I need the parking ticket?” Judith asked. Renie shook her head as they approached the top of the winding staircase. “Tell them you’re Mrs. Jones. And by the way,” she said with a quizzical expression, “is there anything I should know about what

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you discovered while you were lurking outside that door?”

“Not now,” Judith said, “but I’ve got quite a bit of information to sort out. Maybe I’ll have made some sense of it by the time I talk to you later this evening.”

“Sounds good,” Renie said, heading for the private dining room. “Time to rejoin the stuffed animals.”

Judith smiled at her cousin. But she was thinking less about the stuffed animals at the Joneses’ table than about the wild ones at the Smiths’.

She got as far as a block away from Capri’s when she had another, possibly impractical idea. Instead of going up Heraldsgate Hill, she took a left and swung back onto the main thoroughfare through the city. Just before reaching downtown, Judith took another left and pointed the Subaru toward the hospital district. In less than ten minutes, she was in the parking garage of Norway General.

Angela La Belle would no doubt be listed under an assumed name. Judith knew she’d have to think of a really good fib to tell the person behind the reception desk. Her role as Angela’s innkeeper probably wouldn’t cut any ice with the staff. Inside the main doors, she checked the directory. Not ICU, Judith figured. Angela had been taken to the hospital several hours ago and was reportedly on the mend. She’d be in a private ward, of course. But under what medical heading? Not yet ready to show her hand, Judith approached the main desk and asked where emergency patients were taken after they were out of danger.

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