upset?”
“He was all right during the service,” Lucy told her. “Then he almost started crying when we walked over to say good-bye.”
“He snapped out of it pretty quickly, though,” Maggie added. “In the next breath, he was talking about selling out the inventory in the Knitting Nest.”
“Fast work,” Phoebe said.
“I thought so,” Maggie agreed. “He said if I wasn’t interested, he was going to call an auction house, or something like that.”
“Sounds like he needs the money.” Dana put a few spoonfuls of salad on her plate.
“Can he even sell all her stuff yet? I mean, legally?” Phoebe asked Maggie.
“Good question. I guess I’d better find out. It’s odd enough to go picking through the Nest without creating more problems for myself. Now it’s all falling in place for the police. I’ve killed Amanda to get the stock in her store.”
“Maggie…don’t even joke about that.” Dana laughed around a mouthful.
“The police were at the funeral. Just sitting in their car, watching everyone coming and going,” Lucy told Dana and Phoebe.
“Like two big spiders,” Maggie added.
“One big spider, actually. I think of Detective Reyes more as a ladybug…or a firefly?” Lucy suggested.
“That’s creepy.” Phoebe shook her head.
“Yes, it was.” A serious look dropped over Maggie’s face. She put aside her plate and wiped her mouth with a paper napkin.
Lucy could tell she was nervous about something. Had a mere mention of Detective Walsh upset her again?
Dana noticed, too. She paused while working on the last few bites on her plate. “The police haven’t bothered you again, Maggie, have they?”
“No, I haven’t heard from them. But I’ve been thinking of calling Detective Walsh.”
Lucy frowned. “Really? Why?”
Dana and Phoebe both stopped eating and looked to Maggie.
“What’s going on, Maggie?” Phoebe asked quietly.
Maggie sat back in her seat and pushed back her hair with her hand. “Do you remember when Walsh was here and asked me about my car? He said a green Subaru was seen parked in front of the Knitting Nest the morning Amanda was killed?”
Maggie’s friends nodded. Lucy did remember. Maggie had turned red in the face and snapped back defensively.
“Well…I lied to him.” Maggie looked up at her friends, then looked away. “I did go to Amanda’s shop on Friday morning. That was my car someone saw there.”
Lucy took a sharp breath. “You did? Why?”
“I guess Amanda’s visit Thursday night really threw me. Her behavior was so…off. I started to worry that she might have something up her sleeve and was planning to spoil Cara’s signing.”
“You had good reason, considering your history with her,” Dana reminded Maggie.
“She did have a thing for embarrassing me in public. I decided I’d try to talk to her,” Maggie explained. “Just to get an idea. I drove by the Knitting Nest and saw her car parked near the shop.”
“Did you see her? Was she still alive?” Phoebe looked a little rattled by the revelation, Lucy noticed. She didn’t blame her, she felt the same.
“I knocked on the shop door a few times. But no one answered.” Maggie stared at Phoebe and looked down again. “I heard her dogs barking, so I knew she was in there.”
Lucy cleared her throat. “She might have been…. It might have been over by then.”
“Whoever killed Amanda might have still been inside,” Maggie pointed out. “Listening while I knocked.”
Lucy took a breath. She hadn’t thought of that. “You need to tell the police, Maggie. The sooner the better.”
Dana nodded. “Yes, she has to tell Walsh the full story.”
“I know…I don’t know why I just didn’t tell the truth when he asked me. That was so stupid.” Maggie shook her head, angry at herself. “I don’t know why I lied. It’s not like me at all.”
“He intimidated you. Tried to shake you up with all those questions,” Lucy reminded her. “He did the same
“He was all right during the service,” Lucy told her. “Then he almost started crying when we walked over to say good-bye.”
“He snapped out of it pretty quickly, though,” Maggie added. “In the next breath, he was talking about selling out the inventory in the Knitting Nest.”
“Fast work,” Phoebe said.
“I thought so,” Maggie agreed. “He said if I wasn’t interested, he was going to call an auction house, or something like that.”
“Sounds like he needs the money.” Dana put a few spoonfuls of salad on her plate.
“Can he even sell all her stuff yet? I mean, legally?” Phoebe asked Maggie.
“Good question. I guess I’d better find out. It’s odd enough to go picking through the Nest without creating more problems for myself. Now it’s all falling in place for the police. I’ve killed Amanda to get the stock in her store.”
“Maggie…don’t even joke about that.” Dana laughed around a mouthful.
“The police were at the funeral. Just sitting in their car, watching everyone coming and going,” Lucy told Dana and Phoebe.
“Like two big spiders,” Maggie added.
“One big spider, actually. I think of Detective Reyes more as a ladybug…or a firefly?” Lucy suggested.
“That’s creepy.” Phoebe shook her head.
“Yes, it was.” A serious look dropped over Maggie’s face. She put aside her plate and wiped her mouth with a paper napkin.
Lucy could tell she was nervous about something. Had a mere mention of Detective Walsh upset her again?
Dana noticed, too. She paused while working on the last few bites on her plate. “The police haven’t bothered you again, Maggie, have they?”
“No, I haven’t heard from them. But I’ve been thinking of calling Detective Walsh.”
Lucy frowned. “Really? Why?”
Dana and Phoebe both stopped eating and looked to Maggie.
“What’s going on, Maggie?” Phoebe asked quietly.
Maggie sat back in her seat and pushed back her hair with her hand. “Do you remember when Walsh was here and asked me about my car? He said a green Subaru was seen parked in front of the Knitting Nest the morning Amanda was killed?”
Maggie’s friends nodded. Lucy did remember. Maggie had turned red in the face and snapped back defensively.
“Well…I lied to him.” Maggie looked up at her friends, then looked away. “I did go to Amanda’s shop on Friday morning. That was my car someone saw there.”
Lucy took a sharp breath. “You did? Why?”
“I guess Amanda’s visit Thursday night really threw me. Her behavior was so…off. I started to worry that she might have something up her sleeve and was planning to spoil Cara’s signing.”
“You had good reason, considering your history with her,” Dana reminded Maggie.
“She did have a thing for embarrassing me in public. I decided I’d try to talk to her,” Maggie explained. “Just to get an idea. I drove by the Knitting Nest and saw her car parked near the shop.”
“Did you see her? Was she still alive?” Phoebe looked a little rattled by the revelation, Lucy noticed. She didn’t blame her, she felt the same.
“I knocked on the shop door a few times. But no one answered.” Maggie stared at Phoebe and looked down again. “I heard her dogs barking, so I knew she was in there.”
Lucy cleared her throat. “She might have been…. It might have been over by then.”
“Whoever killed Amanda might have still been inside,” Maggie pointed out. “Listening while I knocked.”
Lucy took a breath. She hadn’t thought of that. “You need to tell the police, Maggie. The sooner the better.”
Dana nodded. “Yes, she has to tell Walsh the full story.”
“I know…I don’t know why I just didn’t tell the truth when he asked me. That was so stupid.” Maggie shook her head, angry at herself. “I don’t know why I lied. It’s not like me at all.”
“He intimidated you. Tried to shake you up with all those questions,” Lucy reminded her. “He did the same
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