Armed and Outrageous (An Agnes Barton Mystery) by Johns Madison

Author:Johns, Madison [Johns, Madison]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Outrageous Books
Published: 2012-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

After Andrew finally left and I calmed my nerves a bit, I gathered my purse and jumped into my Mustang. It had been so long since I had driven my car. Poor baby was raring to go too. Today I plan to be a lead foot and burn all the carbon off just like my father always preached was good for getting the 'gunk' out – whatever gunk is. I inhaled deeply and took in an unusual fragrance. It must be Andrew's cologne as he might have been the last person in my car.

Air conditioning on full blast, pedal to the metal, I was in Mustang heaven. One of the reasons I had purchased my muscle car: I felt like a hotsy-totsy driving this car.

I roared into Eleanor's drive, scattering stones at her house. She was waiting just inside and came out when she saw me. It was only a matter of minutes while I swapped my car for hers, and together we left. I tried not to look at my all-knowing, busybody best friend, doing all I could to glance at anything but her prying eyes.

"What?" I asked finally.

Her eyes became large. "So how was it?"

I tried to act like I had no idea what she was talking about. I really would rather her not know what'd happened between Andrew and I. "How was what?"

Eleanor nudged me. "Oh you know." She winked.

How can she know what happened between Andrew and I?

"I know you more than you think. It’s written all over your face." She giggled and the sound grated on my last nerve. I think I had only one nerve left, so it was easy for someone to get on it.

"I don’t know what you could possibly be referring to." I tried to keep my eyes on the road.

"Did you do it?" She grinned. "Was it good?"

"Eleanor, I have no damn idea what you are referring to."

"Oh come on, you two were all over each other before you left my house. I thought you were gonna do it on the deck, even Roy thought so."

I was mortified. "He did?"

"Sure."

Oh god, I feared it would be all over East Tawas by now if Roy had the story. I smiled a weak grin. I hoped it wasn't the town gossip, but knowing Roy and Eleanor the way I did I could not help but believe so. Then I decided to hell with it. We were after all two consenting adults.

"Eleanor, how many people have you called and told?"

"Oh come on, Aggie! We’re buddies. I wouldn’t do that. Not to you. Some people I know, yes, but not you." She toyed with a tissue she held. "But I don’t know what Roy might say. He can be a gossip at times, and with something this juicy...who knows." She shrugged as if it were nothing to worry about.

I gulped hard, feeling a lump in my throat. "If I were Roy, I wouldn’t go around talking about anyone else," I said.

"That was something, wasn’t it? I had no idea Roy could be that sneaky.

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