Cover Story
“She answered with her trademark squishy-faced smile and invited me in.“Would you like a cup of ginger peach, dear? It’s organic.”Ginger peach? I guessed it was another tea. I decided to assert myself on the tea front. “Just a glass of water would be great.”After I followed her through display home-neat rooms to the kitchen, she poured me water from a jug in the fridge.Subtlety. Tact. Not, “Your husband’s bonking a different woman than the one you think.” Nope. Had to find a subtle way. I wouldn...’t incriminate anyone but I still had the weird need to protect Jazlyn.I leaned against a counter. “I’ve just been next door, speaking with Jazlyn.”Beverley humphed. “That woman.”
I swirled the water in my glass. “She told me about Wayne. The father of Cosmo and her baby.”Beverley’s pencil-thin eyebrows arrowed down in a frown. “She said that?”I continued swirling the water, watching the pattern, feigning indifference. “Oh, yes, we had quite a chat about Wayne and the baby.”She tapped lilac acrylic nails against the counter.MoreLess
I swirled the water in my glass. “She told me about Wayne. The father of Cosmo and her baby.”Beverley’s pencil-thin eyebrows arrowed down in a frown. “She said that?”I continued swirling the water, watching the pattern, feigning indifference. “Oh, yes, we had quite a chat about Wayne and the baby.”She tapped lilac acrylic nails against the counter.MoreLess
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