“That was the first thing Sherry noticed, and it bothered her. Why should she care if Becky Baldwin was there? Why should she even notice?Particularly in a room so crowded.Arthur Kincaid’s law office was on Cedar Street a block off Main, on the second floor above an antiques shop. The conference room was unusually large for a lawyer with a one-man practice, and it occurred to Sherry that in a town this size it would be rare that Kincaid actually needed it. However, today was certainly one of tho...se occasions. The conference table seated eight. Every single seat was taken.At the head was Arthur Kincaid, whose briefcase was closed on the table in front of him. To his left sat Philip and Ethel Hurley, dressed as game-show hosts, and fidgety as game-show contestants. Today, Philip’s sports jacket was wildly yellow, perhaps out of deference to Ethel’s puce dress. Taken together, they reminded Sherry of a salamander.Across from Philip sat Phyllis Hurley Applegate. Severe, in a prim gray dress, she could have passed for the warden of a women’s prison.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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