Divas Do Tell by Virginia Brown

Author:Virginia Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks
Published: 2016-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“JUST WHAT IS going on?” asked Officer Farrell. “Didn’t I see Mrs. Hollandale out here a minute ago?”

“Did you?” I asked, unwilling to toss Bitty to the wolves quite yet. That time might come very shortly, however, depending upon how much trouble the John Deere caused. I pointed to the mower as it rattled by for yet another circumference of the court house and gawking spectators. “It won’t stop. It’s stuck in gear somehow.”

Pushing his patrol hat to the back of his head, Officer Farrell watched as the mower went around the far corner. It reappeared sixty seconds later, bearing down on the gazebo again. “How much gas is in it?” he asked.

“I have no idea. It should be getting close to empty by now, I’d think.”

As if I’d flipped a switch the John Deere coughed, spat out a noxious black cloud, and died. It shuddered a couple times, rolled to a stop, and went silent. The sudden absence of sound was a bit unnerving. I looked at the path of destruction left behind. The lawn looked skinned in places. A few bushes would never grow again. I had no idea how it had missed the trees. A couple feet one way or the other would have sent it plowing into a sturdy oak and probably damaged Bitty more than the mower. I wasn’t sure about that though. Sometimes Bitty seemed indestructible.

“Is that your mower, Miz Truevine?” asked Officer Farrell.

I sighed. “Yes. It’s my daddy’s mower.”

“Uh huh. How did it get here from out your way?”

“Down Highway Seven. I think it’s possessed. Did you ever see the movie Christine about the car possessed by evil?”

“Now Miz Truevine, you and I both know that mower didn’t get here by itself. It had help. And I know that was Miz Hollandale I saw standing out here when I drove up. Knowing Miz Hollandale, I’m guessing she has something to do with that mower being here.”

“Really?”

Farrell gave me a rather weary look. “Yes, ma’am. Really. Any idea why she did this?”

“That’s something you’ll have to ask her, Officer. I’m as surprised as you to find my daddy’s mower here.”

“Well, we’re going to impound it. When you see Miz Hollandale tell her she needs to come in and talk to me. I don’t want to have to track her down.”

I wasn’t at all sure how my daddy would react at finding his mower being held hostage at the police impound lot. I didn’t even know Holly Springs had an impound lot. This wasn’t going to make Daddy happy.

“I’ll tell her when I see her,” I promised, and he walked away shaking his head.

I felt like shaking Bitty. How had she disappeared so quickly? And where had she gone? I wasn’t certain I wanted to find her. Not right now, anyway. I stood there long enough to watch a tow truck come after the demonic mower then walked back to my car. In my haste I’d run off and left it unlocked, my purse on the front seat, car keys still in the ignition.

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