Griselda Takes Flight by Joyce Magnin

Author:Joyce Magnin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Third Bright's Pond Book
Publisher: Abingdon Press Fiction
Published: 2011-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Mildred was behind her little desk looking through some papers when I knocked on the open door.

"Griselda," she said looking up. "Come in. I was going to find you later."

"You were?"

"Yes. I left you the tickets."

"Thanks. I found them."

"Are they to your satisfaction?"

"Yep. But when did Boris raise the price?"

"The price?"

"Yes, it's usually two dollars. Been two dollars for years, and those tickets say three dollars."

"Ah, nertz, Griselda, I can't keep track of everything around here."

"Don't worry. Maybe it's about time we raised the price. Folks won't mind. And, I do like the little picture of the lasso in the corner."

"Oh, good. I took a little license, well the printer did. He stuck it on there. Called it clip art. But that's not what I really wanted to say. I heard back from the other jurisdictions and guess what."

"They found something?"

"Nah, nothing. We got bupkes. Cliff's as clean as a whistle. And there is no record of any Gilda Saucer anywhere nearby."

"In Wilkes and Scranton?"

"Whole state of Pennsylvania."

"No kidding. Well maybe another state."

"I'm doing some digging now."

"Well, Mildred," I said taking a seat. "I have something to tell you. It's probably nothing but I thought it could be something. You might think it's something."

"Spill it."

"I was over at Greenbrier and was fixing to visit Walter after a visit with Agnes, you know, just to check on him. And I saw Gilda in his room again talking on the phone just like before. I'm thinking to the same person."

Mildred leaned closer across the desk. "Yeah?"

"And this time I made a point of remembering her words exactly."

"What did you hear? Now tell me verbatim if you can."

"I just said that, didn't I? I remembered them, exactly. Anyhoo, I heard her say that she didn't think the big lug—that's what she called Walter—would ever wake up and that we would never see that money. I left right after that. I was too nervous to hang around."

"Ah, geez, that's not much to go on. She said 'big lug'? You're certain? Not 'Walter'?"

"Nope. Big lug."

"Well, now, see the judge is just going to say that she could have been referring to anyone. We need more."

"But you think it's something, don't you?"

"Well, sure. It's practically an admission of guilt to me same as before. Gilda Saucer is up to her ruby red lips in crime filth. I can smell it. But we need more information before I can call in the big guns. Right now all we got is suspicions. We need evidence. Cold, hard evidence."

"Well how in the world are we gonna get that?"

"I'm gonna stake out her residence, and you should keep an ear out at Greenbrier and around town—especially at The Full Moon. Report anything suspicious, no matter how trivial it might sound."

"Yes, ma'am. Gee, I feel kind of like a deputy."

Mildred let go a strange chuckle. "Now don't go letting it go to your head. I can't deputize you. This is just between you and me."

"Gotcha."

"And, oh, about that pilot fella. I hear you two have been hitting it off up in the big blue yonder.

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