Bones in the Begonias by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Cozy, Mystery
ISBN: 9781773361093
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2019-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Saturday …

Doreen got up the next morning bright and early, put on her gloves while the coffee dripped, and headed out to the backyard. It was thankfully empty. Which she couldn’t say about her front yard, still filled with people. She had no idea how long the police had stayed last night. Neither did she care. They had a job to do and would do it, regardless of the length of time it took. But they didn’t seem to be here right now. She just hoped her appointment with Mack wouldn’t be affected by all this.

With the wheelbarrow in hand, she burned through her restless energy, still hanging on after a bad night. She moved the cut-up wire around to the front, ignoring the crowd. She hadn’t heard from Mack and still had no idea if he would be on time or a little bit later this morning or if he’d come at all, given yesterday’s events. She wanted to get some work done on her own garden before she headed to his mom’s. She was excited at the idea, mostly because she needed the money, but also to see how this could work as a career direction. If she got in a few hours today, then she hoped that Mack might pay her today.

Having overspent her grocery budget yesterday, she had to find a way to replenish that money. No income coming in sucked. Half an hour later, she walked inside through the back door into the kitchen, snagged a cup of coffee, and sat down at the kitchen table, waiting for the sweat to evaporate off her back and face. She had moved all the wire to the front yard.

Thankfully, with her last load, Doreen noted how the nosy neighbors had left. Was that Mack’s doing?

Regardless, now she had two stacks of refuse for the dump on her driveway, one of wire and the other of rotten wood. She still had all the metal poles to move. But her efforts had made a massive difference already, as the backyard looked quite decent. By rights, the entire backyard should be scraped clean to the dirt, underground irrigation put in, topsoil put down, then she could plant her garden. If she added decent nutrition-based fertilizer, she’d have a thriving backyard.

She didn’t think Nan’s place had any irrigation anywhere, and that was a problem. Doreen should look around, see if she could get secondhand soaker hoses to weave through the beds.

As she finished her second cup of coffee, her phone rang. Willie’s number appeared on her screen. “Hi, Willie.”

“Hi, are you there right now? I’m heading up to the lake country in a little bit. I was going to run by and hook that stove up for you on the way. If that would work, I’ve got the breaker with me.”

“That would be great. I have an appointment at nine,” she said, adding a little self-importance to her tone. “It takes about ten minutes to get there, but, if you could come now, and it doesn’t take you very long, that would be perfect.

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