Snake Dreams
““Please sit down, Mr. Parris.” Being particular about such matters, she showed him where.
The chief of police eased himself into the spindly-looking armchair, hoped it would not collapse under his weight. It did not. Like the woman who owned it, the piece was more sturdy than appearances would suggest.
She seated herself opposite him, on a couch. “I’ve already told those two policemen what happened.”
“I know, and I appreciate it. But I haven’t had much time to talk to Officers Knox or Slocum, a...nd anyway I thought it’d be better to hear it right from the horse’s mouth.” He blushed. “Uh—so to speak.”
“Very well.” He is rather an amusing young man. To better recall the unnerving events of the evening, Miss Muntz closed her eyes. “I was upstairs in my sewing room, attempting to knit a sweater. There is an excellent view of my rental property from the east window. I saw a shadowy form approach the Wetzel residence and enter the front door.”
“What did this person look like?”MoreLess
The chief of police eased himself into the spindly-looking armchair, hoped it would not collapse under his weight. It did not. Like the woman who owned it, the piece was more sturdy than appearances would suggest.
She seated herself opposite him, on a couch. “I’ve already told those two policemen what happened.”
“I know, and I appreciate it. But I haven’t had much time to talk to Officers Knox or Slocum, a...nd anyway I thought it’d be better to hear it right from the horse’s mouth.” He blushed. “Uh—so to speak.”
“Very well.” He is rather an amusing young man. To better recall the unnerving events of the evening, Miss Muntz closed her eyes. “I was upstairs in my sewing room, attempting to knit a sweater. There is an excellent view of my rental property from the east window. I saw a shadowy form approach the Wetzel residence and enter the front door.”
“What did this person look like?”MoreLess
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