Double Crossed by Roberta Kray
Author:Roberta Kray [Kray, Roberta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2021-11-10T16:00:00+00:00
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As Liv stepped into the hallway of the house in Whitcomb Street, the sound of the radio was coming from the kitchen. She could also hear Dora and Aline talking, their voices slightly raised so they could hear each other above the music.
âItâs missing, I tell you,â Aline said. âIt was definitely there, on the peg in the hall.â
âBut you canât even remember when you last saw it. You could have lost it months ago, left it somewhere, on the bus or ⦠Have you checked upstairs? Maybe itâs in your wardrobe.â
âItâs not in my wardrobe,â Aline said insistently. âI always leave it on the peg. Thatâs where it stays until I need it again, along with my winter coat. I only noticed because I thought the coat might need a clean and ⦠itâs not there, Dora. The green scarfâs gone. Itâs been taken.â
âMaybe one of the girls borrowed it.â
âThey wouldnât do that, not without saying. Anyway, you know whoâs taken it. Itâs obvious.â
âWhatâs obvious about it?â Dora snapped. âI donât know why you keep saying things like that.â
Aline sighed. âYou know perfectly well. You canât keep putting your head in the sand. When are you going to come to your senses and face up to facts? Heâs back and you canât go on pretending he isnât. Moll told you but you wouldnât listen.â
Liv, who had found herself inadvertently eavesdropping, was now afraid to move in case she was discovered. And, of course, she was undeniably curious. Who was the âheâ Aline was talking about? And what, if anything, did he have to do with the missing scarf? The two women had been bickering on and off for the past week and now things seemed to be coming to a head.
âYou should get the locks changed,â Aline said.
âItâs a waste of money.â
âI saw you close and lock that door with my own eyes, Dora Marks, so donât go pretending otherwise. How else did he get in if it wasnât with a key? He didnât walk through the walls.â
âIt wasnât him. It couldnât have been.â
âYou wonât be saying that when weâre all murdered in our beds.â
Liv was reminded of Aline passing a similar comment last Friday: Youâll be next, or something like that. A shiver ran through her.
âDonât be ridiculous!â Dora said. âIâm not listening to any more of this.â
Liv heard the thin scrape of a chair being pushed back, and decided to make herself scarce. Quickly she went upstairs, taking care to avoid the creaking boards. Once she was safely in her room, she walked over to the window and tried to make sense of what sheâd just heard. Putting two and two together, the obvious conclusion was that Aline knew â or at least thought she knew â who their burglar had been. And that man was dangerous.
Liv remembered how close sheâd been to him, remembered the door being flung open and her being knocked aside. Anger rose and spread in her. She could have been badly hurt or worse.
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