Cat On the Scent (2004)
“It wasn't because she was too shocked to fulfill this last duty to her husband. She just didn't care. She'd already returned to Aiken and she had given Rick Shaw carte blanche to ransack Tommy's records. She also allowed him to impound the Porsche for a week. He promised to send it on to Aiken after it had been searched.
Big Mim hosted a small luncheon after the memorial for Van Allen. Her prize-winning peonies picked that moment to open.
Miranda Hogendobber strolled through Mim's magnificent gardens, which undulated down to the lake. The catamaran, Mim's Vim, gently bobbed in the water. The reverend escorted her.
“Young people today have no discipline.” Mrs. Hogendobber's hazel eyes were troubled. “Jessica Van Allen should have come to the funeral. God knows she'll inherit all his money.”
“Miranda, if people no longer dress as they should it's an outward sign that they've lost all sense of propriety. Dress isn't superficial.”
“I quite agree.”
“Even Harry, who does have manners, falls... down in the dress department.”MoreLess
Big Mim hosted a small luncheon after the memorial for Van Allen. Her prize-winning peonies picked that moment to open.
Miranda Hogendobber strolled through Mim's magnificent gardens, which undulated down to the lake. The catamaran, Mim's Vim, gently bobbed in the water. The reverend escorted her.
“Young people today have no discipline.” Mrs. Hogendobber's hazel eyes were troubled. “Jessica Van Allen should have come to the funeral. God knows she'll inherit all his money.”
“Miranda, if people no longer dress as they should it's an outward sign that they've lost all sense of propriety. Dress isn't superficial.”
“I quite agree.”
“Even Harry, who does have manners, falls... down in the dress department.”MoreLess
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