Silent Knit, Deadly Knit by Peggy Ehrhart

Author:Peggy Ehrhart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2019-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Pamela was hardly aware of what she was doing. One minute she had been outside, looking through Hyler’s window. The next she was inside, standing behind her daughter’s chair and facing the young man.

“Where did you get that scarf?” she blurted.

Penny twisted her neck to stare at her mother. Her merriment had vanished and a frown creased her usually smooth brow. “He found it, Mom,” she said. “It was tangled up in a pile of dead logs down in the nature preserve.” She paused, glanced at the young man, turned back to Pamela, and added. “This is Aaron, Mom.”

In acknowledgment of the introduction, the young man half rose and then sat down again. “Penny told me about finding the body,” he said. “I feel bad now. It belonged to your friend . . .” He lifted the scarf from the chair back and held it out.

Pamela studied him. He was definitely the same young man she’d seen on Wednesday. Closer inspection confirmed the raffish good looks she’d noted then. Dark hair that was slightly too long topped a face with well-sculpted cheekbones, piercing blue eyes, and an expressive mouth. His eyes had met hers as he gazed over the roof of his car and he’d given her a smile that seemed slightly flirtatious. But now there was no sign that he recognized her. Was there some reason that he didn’t want to acknowledge the previous encounter—or was she fooling herself to think he’d paid enough attention to her to remember her even ten minutes later, let alone four days?

Without taking the scarf, she stepped around to where she could face Penny. “There are groceries to carry home,” she said sternly. “I can’t manage four bags all by myself.”

Looking chastened, Penny scooted her chair back, murmured “Thanks for the coffee,” and grabbed her jacket and scarf. Pamela nodded at Aaron and strode toward the door. Penny followed along, tugging on her jacket as she went.

“What on earth were you thinking?” Pamela asked as soon as they were outside and hurrying back in the direction of the Co-Op. “First of all, to just vanish like that!”

“The scarf is a clue, Mom,” Penny said breathlessly as she struggled to keep pace with her long-legged mother.

Pamela realized that she’d passed up the opportunity to reclaim the scarf, and her annoyance deepened. “Yes,” she exclaimed. “It is a clue. And that means that your new friend . . . Aaron . . . could be a murderer.” She wasn’t sure what she’d meant to convey by the emphasis on his name. Scorn that Penny had been so willing to befriend someone who could be a killer? Just because he was cute?

They’d reached the corner. The light to cross Arborville Avenue was green, and Pamela launched herself off the curb. But Penny stayed behind, panting helplessly. Sensing her daughter wasn’t following, Pamela returned to the sidewalk. “He’s not a murderer,” Penny insisted between pants. Her face was flushed from the effort of keeping up with her mother.

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