The Blue Hackle
“She cut a few more bits from the beet.
“Your dealings with Greg MacLeod,” Alasdair reminded her.
“I would not be surprised,” she answered, “if Mr. MacLeod saw Dunasheen as a cut-rate shopping mall, but I know nothing of his plans. I knew him only from his e-mails asking about our history and then booking a room.”
Once again Gilnockie pulled the business card in its plastic bag from his pocket, and laid it on the counter, first one side up, then the other. “Have you seen this before?”
Diana wipe...d her sleeve across her forehead.
Granted, Jean thought, the blazing overhead lights and the huge Aga stove warmed the room, but seeing Diana sweat was like, well, like seeing her in a passionate embrace with Colin. “Where did you find that?” she asked.
“I found it,” said Jean.
“In the pocket of your raincoat,” Gilnockie added.
“Then someone placed it there,” replied Diana. “That’s not Colin’s handwriting. If he wanted to speak with me, he’d ring me. And in any event, we didn’t meet at the church at three.”MoreLess
“Your dealings with Greg MacLeod,” Alasdair reminded her.
“I would not be surprised,” she answered, “if Mr. MacLeod saw Dunasheen as a cut-rate shopping mall, but I know nothing of his plans. I knew him only from his e-mails asking about our history and then booking a room.”
Once again Gilnockie pulled the business card in its plastic bag from his pocket, and laid it on the counter, first one side up, then the other. “Have you seen this before?”
Diana wipe...d her sleeve across her forehead.
Granted, Jean thought, the blazing overhead lights and the huge Aga stove warmed the room, but seeing Diana sweat was like, well, like seeing her in a passionate embrace with Colin. “Where did you find that?” she asked.
“I found it,” said Jean.
“In the pocket of your raincoat,” Gilnockie added.
“Then someone placed it there,” replied Diana. “That’s not Colin’s handwriting. If he wanted to speak with me, he’d ring me. And in any event, we didn’t meet at the church at three.”MoreLess
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