Aunt Bessie Decides by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1547124636
Amazon: B071SBRH95
Goodreads: 35180740
Published: 2017-08-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Bessie’s eyes opened just seconds before her alarm began to ring. She switched it off and then cautiously stretched. Pushing back the covers, she climbed out of bed and grinned at herself in the small mirror that was on the wall across from her. She felt a million times better than she had the previous morning. It was amazing what a good amount of sleep could do.

If she could have whistled, she would have done so in the shower, but since that was a skill she’d never quite managed to acquire, she hummed to herself instead. She dressed quickly and made herself a light breakfast. A nice long walk on the beach left her feeling happy with the world, in spite of the crowd she had to negotiate her way through.

It was really only crowded in front of the section that ran behind the new cottages that had been built recently as holiday homes. Bessie was pleased to see them busy. Thomas Shimmin, who owned them, had spent a lot of money making them nice, and he needed them to be full to capacity during the fairly short summer season. By October, they would be empty again and they would remain so until spring. As it was still only June, most of the families on the beach were busy with quite small children. The schools wouldn’t break up for the summer until sometime in July. Then the beach would feel even busier as families with school-aged children crowded on to them.

Bessie pushed on, past the crowds, walking towards the home she still thought of as the Pierce mansion. Doncan Quayle was in the process of trying to get the property sold, and while he wouldn’t give her any details, he’d mentioned that he had several showings over the last few weeks. She was still hoping that whoever bought it would live in it full-time, rather than using it as a holiday home the way the Pierces had. She paused at the base of the cliff that ran up to the house, wondering if anyone would mind if she slipped up the steep steps and had a peek at the house.

Glancing at her watch, Bessie decided against being nosy for today. She needed to get some lunch before too much longer so that she’d be ready for Doona to collect her at one o’clock. That would give them plenty of time to get to the castle for the two o’clock show. It wasn’t like they needed to worry about fighting their way through crowds to find a good place to set out their blankets. Bessie couldn’t imagine that there would be a sudden rush to see Much Ado About the Shrew, not after the disastrous opening night.

Back at home, Bessie curled up with her friends from the previous evening, finishing the Nero Wolfe book she’d read many times before. With Wolfe and Archie safely back in New York, she made herself some lunch. The picnic hamper looked quite empty with

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