Money, Marbles and Murder by Mary Frances

Author:Mary Frances [Frances, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781877546983
Publisher: Bluewood Publishing Ltd
Published: 2011-11-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Dallas had the fish cleaned and on the grill while Wilma set the table inside. She busied herself in the kitchen and as Sandy and Margaret soaked up the afternoon sun, the smell of the barbecue slipped around the house. By the time lunch was prepared, everyone was ready for the feast.

Sandy took out her camera again and filmed Margaret as her fish was laid on her plate. Dallas had removed the head before serving it, although he protested. Margaret had told him she couldn’t even begin to try it if it ‘looked’ at her. Wilma stayed away from the table, fish not to her liking. As they ate, a silence came over the people at the table. Their minds were still on the money and the murder. As quickly as they had let themselves enjoy the vacation, it was taken away again by reality.

“What do you think we should do with the money?” Margaret asked. Dallas looked up and as he sipped his water, his eyebrows went up. Sandy spoke first.

“I think we should let the authorities know we found it,” she said. Margaret pointed a bent finger at her. “The parents are dead. The money belongs to?” she asked.

“The estate,” Sandy answered.

“The trust,” Dallas joined in.

“Exactly,” Margaret said. “It would go to the trust.” She thought for a second. Sandy picked at her fish again, pulling off a nice slab of meat. “I still think we should tell the authorities,” she said as she slid the meat into her mouth. Dallas pulled the tail on his fish and held it up. With his other hand, he picked the head up and with a downward motion, slid the head, along with the spine clear of the meat. He lay it on the side of his plate and smiled.

“That’s the way you do it,” he said and looked at Margaret. “That’s why I leave the heads on.”

He pointed at the large fish, minus the head on his plate. “All meat, no bones,” he said proudly.

Margaret wrinkled her nose and looked down at her plate. Her own fish, minus the head lay in front of her.

Dallas smiled, reached across and exchanged plates with her. “If I remember correctly, you caught that one,” he said as he took her plate from her and replaced it with his. With a smile, she chased the meat with a fork and managed to slide some toward the rim where her mouth lay in wait.

“Let’s lay the cards on the table, shall we?” Dallas said. “We have two people dead, a son in an institution and a million dollars.” He looked up for a second and when no one added to his conversation, he went on.

“There is something wrong with this whole thing. Margaret feels it and so do I. I think after lunch, I will have another look at the photos and maybe I’ll see something that’ll help. But, until we figure this out, I think we should just let the money sit here. No authorities.

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