Poison in the Pansies (Lovely Lethal Gardens Book 16) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Cozy, mystery
ISBN: 9781773365077
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2022-01-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

As soon as Mack heard of Nan’s attack, he turned on the flashing lights on his vehicle and exceeded the speed limit getting to Rosemoor, getting there seconds before the ambulance did. Mack hugged Doreen as the two of them oversaw the EMTs working on Nan. She had been unconscious when Doreen had arrived, but Nan was now alert and arguing with the medical staff. She very loudly proclaimed that she wasn’t going to any hospital, that Rosemoor had nurses on staff here. There was no talking her out of that.

“She’s raising her voice, so she must be feeling all right now,” Mack teased, giving Doreen a squeeze.

Doreen looked up at Mack, still crying softly. “Or she’s all bluster.” She shook her head. “You know how she is. She doesn’t complain about her own health. She’s too boisterous about the wrong things.”

Mack nodded, keeping a tight hold on Doreen. Once the EMTs declared Nan out of the woods, Mack and Darren seated Nan and Doreen inside Nan’s little living room, with several Rosemoor residents gathered around. Mack and Darren represented the local authorities. Mack had been assigned as the lead investigator on this violent attack of Nan. In general, Mack served as Doreen’s “handler,” when it came to cold cases. However, this was an active case and an important one to all concerned.

Darren had been assigned to assist Mack with this case involving Nan probably because, as Richie’s nephew, Darren could hopefully handle Richie, who had a close relationship with Nan and could be his own handful as well. Both officials were talking to various residents of Rosemoor to see if they’d heard anything, since Nan’s attacker had broken a vase over Nan’s head. Somebody had to have heard something. Except Rosemoor was a senior living center. Unfortunately that could mean a lot of the residents were hard of hearing.

Mack shook his head, took a sly glance at Nan and Doreen, to see how they were holding up.

Richie sat quietly beside Nan, and Doreen held her grandmother’s hand gently in hers.

“I’m fine, you know,” Nan stated robustly.

Doreen wasn’t so sure about that. She certainly hadn’t been fine when Doreen had first found Nan.

At that look on her face though, Nan leaned over, patted her granddaughter’s hand. “I know you’ll worry anyway, no matter what I say.” She sighed. “But it’ll be all right.”

“I’m not so sure it is all right,” Doreen murmured. “You say that, but there’s no doubt that somebody came up behind you and hit you.”

“I was considering that too,” Nan noted in a quiet tone. She looked over at Richie and asked, “Do you think it’s because of our inquiries?”

At that, Doreen winced. “You know what? It quite possibly is.” At that, both Nan and Richie brightened. She stared at them in astonishment. “That should make you more worried, not pleased.”

“Nonsense,” Nan argued, with a wave of her hand. “It means somebody is getting nervous.”

Doreen stared at the two of them, as they shared a conspiratorial look, with almost glee on their faces.

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