The Quick And the Thread (2010)
The Quick And the Thread
““Okay, he—” She broke off and placed her hand gently on my forearm. “Are you all right? You’re as white as rice.”
“I’m . . . I’m fine. I just wasn’t expecting . . . that.”
Vera peered into the box and gasped. “What on God’s green earth is that thing? A bees’ nest?”
I nodded. “I believe it’s supposed to be symbolic.”
“If one of your beaus is trying to tell you he wants to be your honey,” she said with a grimace, “he’s going about it in an entirely creepy way.”
I grinned. “What were you going to ...say before?”
“Oh, that John can see us now if we go on over.”
“Great.”
I set the box containing the hornets’ nest in the storeroom. I’d go by the police station on my way back here to see if someone could come to the shop and take a look at it. Maybe whoever had sent it had left fingerprints on the box. But somehow I doubted it. I agreed with Vera—it certainly was creepy.
I kissed Angus on the top of the head and told him to be a good boy for the few minutes I’d be gone.MoreLess
“I’m . . . I’m fine. I just wasn’t expecting . . . that.”
Vera peered into the box and gasped. “What on God’s green earth is that thing? A bees’ nest?”
I nodded. “I believe it’s supposed to be symbolic.”
“If one of your beaus is trying to tell you he wants to be your honey,” she said with a grimace, “he’s going about it in an entirely creepy way.”
I grinned. “What were you going to ...say before?”
“Oh, that John can see us now if we go on over.”
“Great.”
I set the box containing the hornets’ nest in the storeroom. I’d go by the police station on my way back here to see if someone could come to the shop and take a look at it. Maybe whoever had sent it had left fingerprints on the box. But somehow I doubted it. I agreed with Vera—it certainly was creepy.
I kissed Angus on the top of the head and told him to be a good boy for the few minutes I’d be gone.MoreLess
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