The Body in the Kelp by Katherine Hall Page

Author:Katherine Hall Page
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-02-21T22:00:00+00:00

Dear Charley,

Please put the enclosed in a safe place. Don't give it or show it to anyone. I'll explain when I get home. It's nice here and everyone is fine. See you soon.

Love, Faith

The good thing about Charley was that he would do it and not feel he had to call her up and ask a lot of questions. Like Tom.

Next she opened one of the desk drawers, which she had discovered earlier contained enough brown paper and string to send the Queen Mary by parcel post, and took out what she needed. She wrapped the quilt and tied it, taped the letter to it, and wrapped the whole thing again. If Charley didn't know what was in it, it was all the better. She addressed it to "C. MacIsaac, 1776 Revere Street, Aleford, Massachusetts." Then she called Pix, who she figured should be back after taking Bill Fox home from the garage in Granville.

“Everything's ready. Can you come with, me now?"

“No problem, and Samantha wants to take Ben for a walk."

“Perfect. We wouldn't want to cut things short because of a restless child, and if he's behaving well, he might upstage us.”

A half hour later Pix and Faith were standing in line at the IGA in Sanpere Village. Pix had filled a basket with things she didn't need and Faith was holding the unwieldy package. Pix went first.

“Faith," she said, managing to sound genuinely reproachful, "you know Louise and I would have been happy to help you get started. There is really no need to have someone else quilt your top."

“Oh, Pix, I am very grateful, but you know that I'm hopeless with a needle and thread. You can teach me something else like basket weaving. I really would like to have it finished in my lifetime, and his woman is a fine quilter. I remember she finished a quilt for a friend of mine, and when I called her, she said she could start right away. That's why I want to get it off this morning." Faith was deliberately ambiguous as to name and place. Plus she never minded a few fibs in the cause of justice.

“I do understand, Faith, and it's such a lovely quilt, it deserves to be finished quickly. I wonder what color she'll choose for the backing. Did you tell her what color to pick?”

And they were off on a discussion of colors, patterns, and textures which took them through the checkout and into the street.

“Now for Part Two," Faith said under her breath as they strolled through the village with their packages.

Pix had something more on her mind. "You know, you might enjoy basket weaving. It's fun and very relaxing. I could start you on a melon basket.”

Faith knew where the thought was going. "Pix," she said gently but firmly, "I don't carry my melons in baskets. At least not in this country." Some ideas had to be ruthlessly nipped in the bud.

People with post office boxes generally came to get their mail in the late morning, and Sanpere Village bustled with their activity.

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