Murder Most Remote by Mona Marple

Author:Mona Marple [Marple, Mona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-22T06:00:00+00:00

9

Sandy allowed Eli a few moments to compose himself, then lead him back into the drawing room. Hamm skulked behind them, appearing to still sulk about the fact that his parents had hooked up.

Sandy watched as they returned to the same chairs they had sat on before the chat.

Tom had taken a seat near Graeme, and sat poker-straight.

“Can we have a word?“ Sandy asked. He stood up and followed her away from the seating. “Are you ok?“

“Not really.“ Tom admitted. “I‘m getting pretty spooked in here. I don‘t want to babysit these people. I‘m going to go and chase up the police now you‘re back.“

Tom practically sprinted out of the room towards the fresh air, where he‘d be able to escape the others and get signal for his phone call.

Sandy sighed and looked at each person in turn.

Graeme watched her and when their eyes met, he rolled his eyes as if the whole incident was a dramatic waste of his time.

“I need a drink.“ A high voice called, and Sandy turned her gaze to see that Priscilla had woken up. She lay across a bench, the skin on her face and chest blotchy and red.

“There aren‘t any drinks.“ Graeme replied. “We‘re the only people here, there‘s no cafe!“

Priscilla sighed, but her eyes closed again immediately.

Sandy searched the room with her eyes for Teddy, to find him sitting by the far wall, his body curled into a ball.

Tom returned, his cheeks rosy from the cold temperature outside. “The boats are still not running. There‘s basically nothing they can do until the weather calms down.“

Sandy gulped then plastered on a false smile. “It‘s down to us then.“

Tom shook his head. “I‘m out of my depth here, Sand. All I wanted was a quiet couple of days with you.“

She took his hand in hers and gave it a gentle squeeze. “Me too. But that poor woman deserves justice, Tom, and I think I can work it out.“

“Oh, I know you can work it out. You‘re amazing, Sandy Shaw.“ He said with a grin.

She flashed a smile at him, then addressed the others. “I‘d like to speak to Jeff next. Follow me, please.“

The first thing that happened when Jeff stood up was that he let out an awful howl, a primitive, mournful sound that Sandy at first thought was Lady Margaret‘s ghost arriving. The second thing was that he lost consciousness and fell, face first, onto the hard stone floor.

Eli was the first to dive to his assistance. He dragged Jeff into a sitting position, went in his man-bag where he had a bottle of water, and threw some in his face. Jeff became conscious within moments with a splutter. The First Aid technique had been unusual, but effective.

“Damn it Jeff.“ Eli grunted as his brother panted in his arms on the floor. “You scared the life out of me.“

Sandy noted that Devon and Trixie watched the scene from their seats. She gave Jeff a few minutes to recover, then lead him into the office room, where he fell into the chair and immediately closed his eyes.

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