Bennett Sisters Mysteries Volume 5 & 6 by Lise McClendon

Author:Lise McClendon [McClendon, Lise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Thalia Press
Published: 2019-05-05T22:00:00+00:00

Back at home, Merle’s phone rang later that night. Irene Fayette was calling to apologize for falling asleep during teatime.

“You need to rest, Irene,” Merle told her. “Give your leg time to heal.”

“Yes, yes,” the old woman said impatiently. “That’s what they tell me. But life is waiting for me, yes? I don’t have decades ahead. I must get up and act now.”

She sounded like she was giving herself a pep talk, a tactic Merle was familiar with. Irene continued, “Have you seen Jacques at the market?”

Merle tried to remember. “No, I don’t think anyone sold chèvre at the last market. Do you want me to sell again?”

“Perhaps. But I am worried about Jacques. You met him, yes?”

“At the market about a month ago. He’s your cousin?”

“Oui. He lives by himself, like I do. On the other side of Malcouziac, out in the country. Do you have time to check on him? It’s not far.”

“Of course.” Merle wrote down the directions to the old man’s house, somewhere to the north of her village. There was no street address, as happens in the middle of the hills. She promised to get back to Irene in a day or two.

She hung up the phone. Out in her garden the purple twilight soaked the sky in velvet. A cool breeze made her shiver. Autumn or lost souls? Was finding people her new profession? She didn’t like it. She wanted her people known, found, and safe.

Calculating the time in Connecticut, she called Tristan on his cell phone. He would be eating lunch or in class. But she needed to hear his voice.

“Mom! Hang on,” he said, his voice muffled with what must be lunch. Sounds of chattering and laughter, dishes and silverware. Then he was back, his footsteps in the background. “Okay, sorry. It’s too loud in the cafeteria.”

“How are you? How are your classes?”

“All good. Physics is a bear but I’m getting some help on that.”

“Did they set you up with a tutor?”

“An upperclassman. He’s super smart, and cool, too.”

They chatted for a few minutes then he had to run off to another class. He was taking six classes right off the bat. Merle worried it was too much, but if anybody could do it, Tristan could. She hung up, watched the stars come out, and sent him a wish for happiness and success across the ocean.

Tristan was good. One of her people was safe and sound. She could sleep a little better tonight.

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