Charlaine Harris - [Aurora Teagarden 02] by A Bone to Pick (V1.0)

Author:A Bone to Pick (V1.0)
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Carey, I decided after a while, had just been being hospitable.

She’d gone the afternoon before to pick up Linda from camp, had spent Sunday morning washing Linda’s shorts and shirts, which had been indescribably filthy, had listened to all Linda’s camp stories, and now was ready for some adult companionship. Macon, she told me, was out playing golf at the country club. She said it like she had a right to know his whereabouts at all times and like other people should realize that. So, if their relationship had had its clandestine moments, it was moving out into the open. I noticed that she didn’t say anything about their getting married, and didn’t hint that was in the future.

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Maybe they were happy just like they were.

It would be a great thing, not to want to get married. I sighed, I hoped imperceptibly, and asked Carey about Jane.

“I feel myself wanting to get to know her better now,” I said, with a what-can-you-do? shrug.

“Well, Jane was a different kettle of fish,” Carey said, with a lift of her dark brows.

“She was an old meanie,” Linda said suddenly. She’d been sitting at the table cutting out paper doll clothes.

“Linda,” her mother admonished, without any real scolding in her voice.

“Well, remember, Mama, how mad she got at Burger King!”

I tried to look politely baffled.

Carey’s pretty, round face looked a little peeved for just a second. “More coffee?” she asked.

“Yes, thanks,” I said, to gain more time before I had to go.

Carey poured and showed no sign of explaining Linda’s little remark.

“Jane was a difficult neighbor?” I asked tentatively.

“Oh.” Carey sighed with pursed lips. “I wish Linda hadn’t brought that up. Honey, you got to learn to forget unpleasant things and old fights, it doesn’t pay to remember stuff like that.”

Linda nodded obediently and went back to her scissors.

“Burger King was our dog; Linda named him of course,” Carey explained reluctantly. “We didn’t keep him on a leash, I know we should have, and of course our backyard isn’t fenced in...”

I nodded encouragingly.

“Naturally, he eventually got run over, I’m ashamed of us even having an outside dog without having a fence,” Carey confessed, shaking her head at her own negligence. “But Linda did want a pet, and she’s allergic to cats.”

“I sneeze and my eyes get red,” Linda explained.

“Yes, honey. Of course, we had the dog when Jane had just gotten her cat, and of course Burger King chased Madeleine every time Jane let her out, which wasn’t too often, but every now and then...” Carey lost her thread.

“The dog treed the cat?” I suggested helpfully.

“Oh yes, and barked and barked,” Carey said ruefully. “It was a mess. And Jane got so mad about it.”

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“She said she would call the pound,” Linda chimed in. “Because there’s a leash law and we were breaking it.”

“Well, honey, she was right,” Carey said. “We were.”

“She didn’t have to be so mean about it,” Linda insisted.

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