Murder in Time by Veronica Heley

Author:Veronica Heley [Veronica Heley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2014-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Thursday evening

Ellie couldn’t remember what they’d planned for supper, so bought some ready-prepared meals on the way home, thinking that she was falling down on her job at home, as well as being a conspicuous failure as a detective.

It was just as well she’d thought to bring some food in, as she found Rose drifting around the kitchen with a tea towel in her hand, looking vague, and there was nothing prepared to go on or in the oven.

Rose said, ‘Something’s up with Vera. She came in with a big envelope stuffed with papers and told Mikey they were eating upstairs. Looked official, that envelope. Solicitors and stuff. You think Abdi’s on the warpath again?’

‘Hope not. Is Thomas home?’

‘I think so. He asked where you were a moment ago, and I said I didn’t know.’

Ellie went to find him. He was in the library, working, but turned off his computer when he saw her.

‘Ah,’ he said, noting her worried air, ‘so what have you been up to?’

‘What have you?’

‘Praying. Sorted it out. I’ve handed the whole mess over to Him to deal with. No need for any further action.’

‘Sometimes it’s necessary to do more than just pray.’

His eyes narrowed. ‘You’ve been up to something? I said, it’s not necessary—’

‘Sometimes it is.’

He exhaled. He was not pleased with her. ‘What have you done?’

She wanted to cry. He had never, ever, before criticized her for trying to help someone in distress. Granted, she didn’t think she’d done much good by her interference that day, but her intentions had been of the best. ‘I went to see Dick Prentice, the man who spread that rumour about you. I think I scotched it. At least, it’s difficult to stop a rumour like that once it’s been started, but I think, I hope … He used a woman he knows to … And now she knows he used her, and I don’t think that’s going to go down well.’

He was still frowning. She half put out her hand to touch him. She wanted him to hug her and assure her that he loved her and approved of everything she’d done. And he wasn’t going to do it.

She looked down at her fingers, lacing them together. ‘Simon Trubody was visiting him. He’s formidable. You won’t find him doing something as silly as slandering you. He thinks we can deal with Abdi without any trouble, although I don’t see how we can. He also said, “Let sleeping dogs die.”’

‘The quote is: “Let sleeping dogs lie.”’ Correcting her.

‘I know that, and so does he. He said die. He was trying to tell me something.’

Thomas wasn’t wearing that. ‘I expect you misheard.’

Ellie twisted her fingers together. Thomas was angry with her. It was horrid. She sniffed, hard, for she didn’t have a hanky. ‘Supper in ten minutes.’

He nodded. He wouldn’t be very pleased with a bought-in meal, either. Oh dear.

He got up and put his arm around her. ‘My dear, I’m sorry. I wasn’t being very understanding, was I? You were worried and wanted to help, as you always do when you see someone in trouble.

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