leann sweeney - [yellow rose mysteries 05] - pushing up bluebonnets (v5_0) (pdf) by Leann Sweeney

Author:Leann Sweeney
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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On the drive to the grocery store, Aunt Caroline was as edgy as a hungry coyote, fidgeting, snapping at me, tell- ing me my driving was atrocious—which it was not . Just getting her out of her house and into my Camry took plenty of persuading and when we pulled into the Kro- ger parking lot, I was afraid she might balk again. But with a ‘‘Let’s get this silly exercise over with,’’ she ignored my extended hand to help her out of the car, got out and strode ahead of me, her Prada handbag swinging on her arm. Maybe they’d give out a ‘‘best- dressed-diabetic-on-tour award’’ after this meeting ended and make her happy. A checker directed us to the in-store coffee shop. We were running late thanks to Aunt Caroline’s earlier stall- ing, so if she’d hoped to be the center of attention here, she got her wish. A lean, dark-haired woman smiled broadly when we took our places at one of the small round tables. The woman was the only one standing and I assumed she was in charge. ‘‘You must be Caroline. And who have we brought with us to help today?’’ she asked. ‘‘ I have brought my niece Abigail, and perhaps you are woefully misinformed, young woman, but a plural pronoun to describe a solitary person is very conde- scending. Exactly who are you, anyway?’’ Aunt Caro- line said. I cringed, wanting to crawl under the table. No one did imperious better than my aunt. The woman didn’t even blink. ‘‘I’m Judith, the dieti-

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