Death by Committee by Alexis Morgan

Author:Alexis Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Today was the one day Abby would have preferred Zeke to take his good old time wandering down the sidewalk. But instead of stopping to visit each of his favorite bushes and trees along the way, for some mysterious reason he had decided that it was time to take up power walking.

Tugging on his leash only proved marginally effective at slowing him down. “Darn it, Zeke, I’m in no hurry to get where we’re headed.”

He just woofed and kept chugging right on down the street, leaving her no choice but to keep up with him as best she could. She’d put off trying to talk to Troy Tolbert for two days, in the futile hope that the ladies would forget they’d even brought it up. She should’ve known better. Glenda had called last night to see if she’d had any success in her assigned mission. Her friend had pretended to believe that Abby had been busy with other things, but her disappointment had still come across the phone line loud and clear.

In a last ditch effort to avoid having to bother the poor man, she’d done some online searches to see if she could track down Julie Tolbert through various types of social media. Although there was nothing on Twitter or several other outlets, she did find the woman’s Facebook page. That was the good news. The bad news was that the page didn’t appear to have been updated since Julie had posted a couple of pictures taken at a church service on Christmas Eve. That wasn’t particularly helpful and neither was the fact that if Julie had posted anything else, it was all private. Unfortunately, that left Abby no choice but to make good on her promise to talk to Troy Tolbert about his wife.

Her plan was to approach him after wandering past Dolly Cayhill’s house again, to see if there was any sign of activity. She still hadn’t figured out who had actually inherited the place. Glenda hadn’t heard, and Abby hadn’t spoken to either Jean or Louise since their board meeting. After scoping out Dolly’s house, she’d circle around the block in the opposite direction of Frank Jeffries’s land. No way would she risk running into him again, and her chosen route would take her right past Troy’s house. Since he was a long haul trucker, chances were good he wouldn’t be home anyway, but at least she’d be able to tell Glenda that she’d tried.

“Darn it, slow down, Zeke. Please.”

This time he finally listened. He abruptly sat down in the shade of a vine maple, offering up a doggy grin as if particularly proud of himself. She patted his head as she pulled his collapsible water bowl out of her pack and filled it with bottled water. He cheerfully lapped it up, storing a fair portion of the water in his jowls, no doubt planning to drool on her at the first opportunity.

She finished off the rest of the bottle herself while they both caught their breath.

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