Potager Plot by Vikki Walton

Author:Vikki Walton [Walton, Vikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction
Publisher: Morewellson Ltd
Published: 2021-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Anne’s mind raced over how to respond to Kim. What was the woman doing in Billie’s yard? More importantly, why did she have the shears?

“Kim. You scared me. I didn’t realize anyone was going to be here.”

“I saw Ben last night, and he told me you were coming over this morning to finish the yard. I thought you might like some help, so I brought my gear.” She motioned to where a bag sat with various gardening tools inside of it. She raised the shears again as Anne took a step backward. Using the shears as pointers, Kim continued, “I noticed the hedge next to the drive could use a bit of cleaning up so brought my shears along. I was headed there now unless you want me to help you first.”

“No, that’s great. I need to pull things out of my truck, anyway.”

Anne kept her eyes on the shears and thought she should be able to outrun Kim if need be. As long as she didn’t trip, which was another story altogether as she often fell just for the sake of tripping on some unknown or known item.

She smiled. “Let me put these down and I’ll help you haul the stuff to the back. However, since Ben’s not here, it’d probably be easier if you backed up into the driveway where we can get things closer to the beds.”

Anne was happy to note she held the shears in a downward position by her side.

“I like that idea. Let me go do it now.”

She jogged away, but it was difficult not to look back over her shoulder to determine if Kim was coming after her with the sharpened shears. Upon reaching the truck, she realized Kim had returned behind the house, most likely waiting for her on the other side. She let out her breath that she’d hadn’t realized she’d been holding. The more she thought about it, the more her thoughts came back to Kim being the main suspect. Certainly, it would be easy for Kim to pop over to Billie’s house, and no one would think twice about her being there. Another thought sprang to Anne’s mind. Did the police question the neighbors on the morning Billie died? She spied the house opposite of Billie’s. Would they have seen or heard anything? She might have to check into it later. Plus, everyone had gotten so paranoid lately, one or more of the neighbors might have outdoor cameras. A video would definitely show anything unusual. She backed up into the driveway and was lowering the truck’s bed as Kim came up next to her.

“Here, if you’ll grab these pots of geraniums, I’ll take this other batch of petunias.” She handed the pots to Kim as they heard a woman’s voice call out to them.

“Hello!” Mercy carried a box full of small blue flowers toward them.

Kim surveyed the flowers in Mercy’s hands. “Are those forget-me-nots?”

“Yes. I had to call on some friends in the garden club to find some, but I finally found someone who will give them for Billie’s celebration of life.

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