Posies and Poison by Wendy Meadows

Author:Wendy Meadows [Meadows, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-07-27T23:00:00+00:00

A few days later, Brenda answered the phone to Mac’s joyful greeting. “They cleared her. They are not going to file any charges against Jenny.” His voice filled with relief. “Bob Ingram just gave me the good news and I had to let you know. You were right, Molly and Hope insisted she was just blowing off steam. The chief questioned Edward Graham and he agreed Jenny was frustrated and just had to take it out on someone. He happened to be the one she chose since he was Lady Pendleton’s lawyer. No one found anything substantive against Jenny.”

After ending the call with Mac, she dialed Edward Graham and asked if he had time to see her for a few minutes. His voice had an unusual lilt to it and he agreed to see her in half an hour. When Brenda opened the door to the waiting room at Edward’s office, she heard laughter coming from his office. She recognized the voice of his receptionist.

“I have to tell you, Tracy, I never expected to live long enough to see Lady Pendleton dead. It all looked too easy.” Tracy agreed and then went out into the waiting room where she saw Brenda getting ready to sit down.

“I’m sure Edward will see you now,” she said.

Brenda wondered what happened to Mr. Graham. She had never heard Tracy refer to him by his first name. It seemed that everyone had become more relaxed in the days since Lady Pendleton’s death. Surely there is one person who is sorry to see her go, she thought. No one came to mind. She went into Edward’s office. He greeted her with a wide smile.

“Come on in, Brenda, I’m just wrapping up the many lawsuits Lady Pendleton filed against everyone.”

“I guess William will take them over?” she asked.

The hearty laughter startled her. “William has no intentions of pressing charges against anyone in Sweetfern Harbor. I’ll meet with the Judge and William, and go from there. I don’t see anyone going to court over any of it.”

Brenda went into her sleuth mode. “Did you tell Detective Rivers you were supposed to meet with Lady Pendleton the morning of her death?”

His face grew serious. He moved to clasp his hands on the desk. “Yes, I had to be in court and couldn’t meet with her. She understood I couldn’t always keep appointments with her since there are times court calls. It didn’t happen often. She could tolerate only so much of anyone not obeying her at the snap of her fingers.” He displayed a lopsided grin and then grew serious again. “Why do you ask?”

“Mac asked me to assist in a minor way with the case. I had a little experience back in Michigan.” Edward had already heard the bed and breakfast owner had been an assistant to a Private Investigator. He shifted in the chair and repeated his story about being in court. “I looked at the court docket for that day,” said Brenda. “The case you were in court for was the first one that came up and within a few minutes it was dismissed.

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