She Waits - KR1 by Sweeney Kate

Author:Sweeney, Kate [Sweeney, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Lesbian
ISBN: 9781933113401
Publisher: Intaglio Publications
Published: 2006-06-14T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Miranda was unafraid because she knew her killer.” Everyone at the table looked at me and I continued. “This wasn’t a random robbery. It was a violent murder. He then made it look like a robbery and took everything. He missed the keys, though. He didn’t take them because he didn’t need them; robbery was not his motive. That was his only mistake, but it wasn’t enough to continue the investigation. Was it, Tom?” I looked at him directly, knowing I was not wrong.

“No, believe me I tried, but then I didn’t have the evidence you have now.”

“Kate found my mother’s watch and wedding ring,” Maggie said. “And the most curious thing.” She looked around the table. “She found a locket, with Uncle Nathan’s picture and mine in it, with a lock of my hair.”

Tom looked at Lily; they both looked at Doc and Hannah. “Does anyone have a clue as to why Mom would have Uncle Nathan’s picture in her locket?” Maggie asked boldly.

This kid had guts. “I was wondering the same thing myself,” I added. “What was happening back then, twenty years ago?”

Tom was the first to speak. “When Jon brought Miranda home everybody instantly fell in love with her. She was that type of person—always helping people. She was a volunteer at the clinic for a long time. That’s back when Doc and Nathan were both working there, it was way before you were born Maggie.” He smiled and, as he continued, I stole a glance at Lily. A faint sad, smile flashed across her face.

“You know we all grew up together—Doc, Nathan, Jon, Hannah and me. When we were kids I always said I wanted to marry Hannah.” He looked at Hannah and smiled. “But, Hannah always said she wanted to marry Doc. Then a cute little blond girl moved into town, and she hooked me. Took her to a dance one year and that was that.”

Husband and wife exchanged light laughter, then Lily continued, “Jonathan was gone a great deal of the time. Miranda was alone, in that big house. We all went out together quite often. She was a sweet woman. Such a tragedy—so young. Well, back then, Nathan and Miranda were very close. There was no secret about that.”

I noticed a wistful smile flash across Hannah’s face. “When Maggie was an infant,” Hannah said, “I remember Nathan and Miranda taking her to the lake. We all had picnics by the lake back then.”

“Um, so where does that leave Miranda and Nathan?” I asked and looked around the table. “And what does it have to do with the locket found in the woods?”

“So, maybe Miranda kept his picture for sentimental reasons,” Lily offered with a shrug. “Miranda was like that.”

But no picture of her husband?

“But no picture of my father?” Maggie asked. Fine, now she’s in my head.

Maggie looked around the table for the answer I feared she would get. In my heart, I knew that answer.

“Margaret, your father was like my father, not very sentimental,” Hannah admitted then looked at her watch.

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