Teaberry Farmers Market by R. A. Wallace

Author:R. A. Wallace [Wallace, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Megan sat on her back porch Tuesday morning sipping lemonade. She thought about what Erica had told her and also her conversation with Irlene on the previous day. Henry was scratching in the barnyard again, searching for bugs. Now that Dora was doing better, Henry appeared to feel that his duties with the miniature donkeys were complete. He’d greeted Megan with his happy dance, bouncing from leg to leg with his head bobbing, when she’d gone out for the eggs earlier.

Erica had given permission for Megan to speak with some of Irlene’s old customers, the ones who had recently defected to Cybil for reasons unknown. She wouldn’t be able to speak to everyone that the police had questioned, but Irlene had given her several names to start with. But if Erica wanted Megan to wait a day before contacting them, maybe it would be best to do a little homework first. There was one person in town who knew more people than anyone else. Megan would begin there.

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Matthias Reynolds answered the door and greeted Megan warmly. “She’s in the study.”

Megan followed Matthias through the house, noticing that he was moving a little slower, but he was also not using his cane. Perhaps he didn’t always when he was in the house.

“Megan, thanks for coming to the house. I’m working from home today, as you can see.” Barbara Reynolds stood from her desk and walked over to a couch and grouping of chairs, signaling for Megan to take a seat on the couch. Barbara took a wingback chair across from it. “Lemonade?”

“Sounds wonderful, thanks. I don’t want to take too much of your time. You’re familiar with the Cybil Lacey case so far?” Megan took the glass from Matthias, then he took a seat on the other wingback chair.

“Yes, I’ve been briefed. I take it Irlene has been speaking with you?” Barbara was dressed for mayoral duties, with a gray pin-stripe skirt, matching jacket, and pearl gray silk blouse.

“She did. She’s hoping I’ll speak to some of her former customers, to try to discover why they’d chosen to go to Cybil’s shop instead.”

Barbara nodded. “I expected as much. I’ve been wondering about that myself lately. Who were you thinking of talking with?”

Megan gave the list of names to Barbara. The last name on the list caused Barbara’s lips to curl up in a smile. “Vivian Zimmerman. Now that brings back some memories. We’re of an age, you know.” Barbara shared a smile with Matthias. “You haven’t met Vivian yet. She’s a huge fan of gardening. Her plant of choice is flowers, rather than vegetables. She’s extremely competitive with it. Over the years, she has won several ribbons. As mayor, I am sometimes called upon to officiate at such things.”

“I take it she can sometimes be a bit too competitive?” Matthias asked knowingly.

“Oh, yes. The rumors have never been confirmed, but it’s widely speculated that she may have used less than noble methods in her endeavor to win the blue ribbon.”

Megan’s eyebrows lifted in surprise, but Matthias chuckled.

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