Divas Are Forever by Virginia Brown

Author:Virginia Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks Inc.
Published: 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“WELL,” SAID THE elderly center of our attention after she took a delicate sip of tea, “I sat at the table in the corner, where I’ve sat once every week for the past twenty years, and I suppose I was out of sight, or he wouldn’t have talked so loud. It’s been my experience that most people think the elderly have lost their hearing anyway, so they don’t credit us with the sense God gave a goose, but as you see, it’s not true of everyone.”

Bitty and I nodded our earnest agreement, and I urged, “You are so right. Do go on.”

“Budgie has chicken fried steak and milk gravy as the special every Tuesday; you can’t make it yourself as cheap as she sells it in the special. It’s always pretty crowded in there on Tuesdays. Budgie had just brought my plate to me when the oldest Grace sister came in and sat down with a young man at the table right behind mine. You know who I mean?”

“Yes. Faithann Grace, now Faith Simon,” Bitty said. Her hand stilled atop Chen Ling’s head, her huge diamond ring glinting in the fading daylight. “Who was with her?”

Nodding, Mrs. Tyree said, “Yes, that’s her. It must have been her son who was with her. He called her Mama. Thirty-ish, hair thinning on top, angry.”

“Brett Simon.” I glanced at Bitty then back at our elderly visitor. “He’s rather disturbed by the reading of the Simpson will.”

“I gathered as much by the direction of their conversation,” she said wryly. “Normally, I don’t eavesdrop. It’s rude. My mama would have boxed my ears for it. But he spoke so loudly, I couldn’t help but overhear before his mama shushed him.” She paused to take another sip of tea.

Bitty and I waited, probably looking like two hound dogs leaning forward with our ears perked, heads cocked to the side to catch every word. Mrs. Tyree held her tea glass between her palms and smiled, recognizing an attentive audience.

“They weren’t sitting there two seconds before he came out and said, ‘I loaded that gun myself, Mama. I aimed it right at him.’ I nearly fell out when I heard that, but I kept on eating. His mama hushed him pretty quickly and said that they were just going to have to put it all behind them as best they could. Now that Walter was buried and the will read, there wasn’t any reason for them to stay in town any longer.”

Flabbergasted, I didn’t know what to say. Bitty did.

“We need to call the police immediately. Call Jackson Lee. Call Catfish Carter.” Bitty stood up, excitement in her voice. Clutching Chen Ling tightly to her ample bosom, she added, “I think we should notify the prosecuting attorney, too, and get the ball rolling.”

I hated to burst her bubble, I really did. “Bitty,” I said gently, “just where do you think you can roll that ball? What Mrs. Tyree just told us is important and definitely something to get Catfish to look into, but it’s not firm evidence.

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