Pie a La Murder (2011)
Pie a La Murder
“Light assaulted me. All I did was defend myself. That’s outrageous.”
“You were an English teacher,” she said. “You should listen to the tense of my verbs. I said he ‘has been’ demanding that. Pending your agreement, I’ve reached a settlement with the slimy little toad.”
“What settlement are we talking about?” My voice had a distinct edge to it.
“Retract your claws, Della. Okay, I shouldn’t have told you what he wanted before I told you what he’s getting, which is nothing. Nada. He drops the cha...rges against you and you drop the charges against Light.”
“That’s better than my having to pay him anything, but it means that Light gets away without being punished for assaulting me.”
“Not really. You gave him a broken nose that’s going to require plastic surgery to make him look good again. I’d like to have had a big red ‘R’ branded on his chest, but we’re too civilized to do that.”
Now that I’d had a moment to process the information about the resolution of the case, I asked, “How did you make York back off?”MoreLess
“You were an English teacher,” she said. “You should listen to the tense of my verbs. I said he ‘has been’ demanding that. Pending your agreement, I’ve reached a settlement with the slimy little toad.”
“What settlement are we talking about?” My voice had a distinct edge to it.
“Retract your claws, Della. Okay, I shouldn’t have told you what he wanted before I told you what he’s getting, which is nothing. Nada. He drops the cha...rges against you and you drop the charges against Light.”
“That’s better than my having to pay him anything, but it means that Light gets away without being punished for assaulting me.”
“Not really. You gave him a broken nose that’s going to require plastic surgery to make him look good again. I’d like to have had a big red ‘R’ branded on his chest, but we’re too civilized to do that.”
Now that I’d had a moment to process the information about the resolution of the case, I asked, “How did you make York back off?”MoreLess
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