The Moody Case by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Janet didn’t get a chance to ask Mr. Cole any questions before Friday afternoon. Both he and Mr. Weaver seemed to be almost avoiding the sisters, as they left early each morning and returned home to head straight to their rooms each night. Joan still refused to drive the sporty little car that Janet continued to enjoy all week.

“Do you think William would let me drive us in my car?” she asked Joan as the pair waited for William in the sitting room.

“You could ask him, I suppose, but surely you’d rather let him drive. I’d have thought that you’d want a glass of wine with dinner.”

“That’s a good point,” Janet admitted. “A glass of wine would be nice.”

“William seems the type of man who would prefer to drive when taking a woman out anyway.”

“You’re probably right about that, too, which is an argument for my insisting on driving, actually.”

Joan laughed. “You’ll have to weigh up the pros and cons, I suppose.”

Janet was still thinking about it when William knocked on the door a short while later.

“For you,” he said with a small bow as he handed Janet a large bouquet of flowers.

“I can put them in water for you if you’d prefer to get going,” Joan offered.

“We probably should. I’m hoping that the grand opening will be busy so that we can get in and out fairly unnoticed,” William told her. “It’s rather awkward, our going to size up the competition, as it were. I expect it should be busier now than it will be closer to six.”

“Off you go, then,” Joan said. “I hope you have fun.”

“I don’t expect the antique shop to be fun, but I have high hopes for dinner afterwards,” William said. He offered Janet his arm and then escorted her out of the house and down the stairs.

“I hope you like the car,” he told her as they approached the house’s car park.

“Where did that come from?” Janet asked, staring at the lovely antique car that was parked next to hers.

“I bought it many years ago,” he told her. “It’s been in storage in London almost since the day I bought it. I finally decided that I should either start driving it or sell it.”

“It’s gorgeous,” she sighed as he opened the passenger door for her.

“I think so, too, but I’m still not sure if I’m keeping it or not.”

“Really?”

“I thought I’d drive it for a few days and then make a decision. If I’m going to keep it, I’ll want to drive it regularly and get some use out of it. That, of course, will lower its value, should I decide to sell it later.” He glanced over at Janet and then shrugged. “I shouldn’t bore you with all of this. I put a number of things into storage over the years. They were meant to fund my retirement, but now that I’m getting older, I don’t much like the idea of retiring. As I don’t expect to live forever, I feel as if I need to start working out what to do with some of the larger items.

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