The Crossword Murder
“Peter said. “Who would have guessed anyone as pretty as you would have brains?” The muscles in his neck and jaw were stretched tight and the tension in his face forced his eyes into a vicious squint. “I thought my phone calls last night might have put a scare in you. Obviously I was wrong … You couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you?”
Belle pushed the chair away from the desk, putting as much distance as possible between herself and Peter. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she mana...ged in a voice that cracked with fear. “These puzzles don’t prove a single fact … We should forget the entire matter …”
“Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater …? Tommy-Boy loved that stupid phrase. Every time he saw me he used it. He thought he was so witty—as if he was the only person in the whole world to have ever said it to me. Ha! I’ve been listening to that idiotic nursery rhyme ever since I can remember. Tommy shortened it over the years; pared it down to plain ‘Pumpkin.’ You have no idea how annoying something like that can become.”MoreLess
Belle pushed the chair away from the desk, putting as much distance as possible between herself and Peter. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she mana...ged in a voice that cracked with fear. “These puzzles don’t prove a single fact … We should forget the entire matter …”
“Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater …? Tommy-Boy loved that stupid phrase. Every time he saw me he used it. He thought he was so witty—as if he was the only person in the whole world to have ever said it to me. Ha! I’ve been listening to that idiotic nursery rhyme ever since I can remember. Tommy shortened it over the years; pared it down to plain ‘Pumpkin.’ You have no idea how annoying something like that can become.”MoreLess
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