Christmas Caramel Murder
“Claire warned.
“Thanks,” Hannah replied. She was sitting sideways on a settee in Claire’s dressing room with her feet tucked up and her steno pad open to a fresh page in front of her.
“I’m ready,” Michelle said from the opposite end of the settee. She’d assumed the same position and also held a notepad in one hand and a pen in the other.
“Come in, Mrs. Bascomb.” Claire’s voice carried easily to the dressing room. “I have everything all ready for you.”
“Good. I don’t have much time this afternoo...n. I’m meeting a friend for afternoon tea, and then Richard and I have a dinner party we must attend. Mayoral duties, you know.”
Michelle rolled her eyes up toward the ceiling, and Hannah smiled at her youngest sister. Both of them knew that Stephanie had no plans for tea. If Stephanie was meeting a friend for tea, then tea was a euphemism for Stephanie’s new favorite drink, a lemon drop vodka martini.
The doorknob on the dressing room rattled as Stephanie tried the door.MoreLess
“Thanks,” Hannah replied. She was sitting sideways on a settee in Claire’s dressing room with her feet tucked up and her steno pad open to a fresh page in front of her.
“I’m ready,” Michelle said from the opposite end of the settee. She’d assumed the same position and also held a notepad in one hand and a pen in the other.
“Come in, Mrs. Bascomb.” Claire’s voice carried easily to the dressing room. “I have everything all ready for you.”
“Good. I don’t have much time this afternoo...n. I’m meeting a friend for afternoon tea, and then Richard and I have a dinner party we must attend. Mayoral duties, you know.”
Michelle rolled her eyes up toward the ceiling, and Hannah smiled at her youngest sister. Both of them knew that Stephanie had no plans for tea. If Stephanie was meeting a friend for tea, then tea was a euphemism for Stephanie’s new favorite drink, a lemon drop vodka martini.
The doorknob on the dressing room rattled as Stephanie tried the door.MoreLess
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