Teaberry for Two by R A Wallace

Author:R A Wallace [Wallace, R A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Dan and Megan ended up having a quiet lunch alone Sunday afternoon once everyone had gone. In the end, Ross had handed over his phone to Erica and Jerry. They had spent some time asking Ross more questions in another room of the house. Then Ross and Susan had left together for a late lunch. Parker said he had plans elsewhere and Tom headed over to Caro’s. That left Dan and Megan and a bag a fresh-picked sweet corn.

“So where are you going to begin?” Dan asked, after Megan had explained Susan’s request.

“I think I should start with Mayor Reynolds,” Megan said as they cleaned up after their lunch. “What are you going to do this afternoon?”

“I can hang around here in case anyone comes back,” Dan said as he put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. “I have some paperwork to do for the store and I saw some more web worm in the fruit trees when we were driving around on the four wheeler.”

“How did that go, by the way?” Megan asked.

Dan shrugged. “Ross seemed to enjoy himself. I’m not sure about Parker.”

“I haven’t had a chance to really speak with him yet,” Megan said absently as she thought about the situation with Phil Porter and what to ask Barbara Reynolds.

“I have but I can’t say that I’ve learned much. He was in the corporate world with Jax and Ross. I guess Ross acted as a mentor for both of them. Jax was the reason why Ross came here. Apparently, Parker followed Ross to check on him but I learned most of that from Ross. That’s all I really know.”

***

Matthias Reynolds answered the door and smiled when he saw Megan. “You’re early. You aren’t due here for a few more days but I see Dan isn’t with you. Does this mean you’re here about the death?” Matthias guessed.

“Yes, sorry to bother you on a Sunday. Does Mayor Reynolds have a moment to speak with me?”

“She’s in the study. Follow me.”

Barbara looked up when Matthias and Megan entered the room. “I wondered if you’d stop by.” She got up from her desk and motioned for Megan to take a seat on the sofa. Matthias and Barbara sat in the wingback chairs opposite her.

“I was wondering if you could tell me anything about Phil Porter,” Megan said.

“I’ve been thinking about that. The only thing of any substance that happened recently involving Phil was the controversy surrounding the sale of the building on Main Street. There was a group of people opposing it. Phil was one of them,” Barbara explained.

Megan had known there were some who wanted more stipulations placed on the use of the building but hadn’t known specifically that Phil was one of the people involved. “Can you give me some more names?”

“You want to speak with some of the others?” Barbara asked with a nod before giving the list to Megan.

“Teresa Wilton was one of the more vocal members of the group,” Matthias added.

“Yes,” Barbara agreed. “You’ll want to speak with her and her husband, Chris.

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