Weaving the Strands
“He returned to his office and placed the call he’d been thinking about all day. Professor Upton picked up on the fourth ring.
“Don. Frank Haynes here.”
“Frank, how’s it going down there? Any more untimely deaths?”
“No. But that’s one of the reasons I’m calling.
I’ve been thinking. Maggie might be right about Wheeler. He may have been connected to the mob. God knows, he wasn’t smart enough to think up that sophisticated embezzlement scheme on his own.”
“So you want to call the feds in, too?”
“No...t necessarily. Chief Thomas and Scanlon are more than capable of handling it. What I’m worried about is Maggie. As you said the other day, she’s in over her head.”
“I said that she feels she’s in over her head.”
“Come on, Don; you think so, too. If Westbury were the sleepy little town it’s supposed to be, she’d be more than capable of handling the duties of mayor. But we’re up to our eyeballs in trouble. We need someone with experience.”
Haynes paused to let Upton comment.MoreLess
“Don. Frank Haynes here.”
“Frank, how’s it going down there? Any more untimely deaths?”
“No. But that’s one of the reasons I’m calling.
I’ve been thinking. Maggie might be right about Wheeler. He may have been connected to the mob. God knows, he wasn’t smart enough to think up that sophisticated embezzlement scheme on his own.”
“So you want to call the feds in, too?”
“No...t necessarily. Chief Thomas and Scanlon are more than capable of handling it. What I’m worried about is Maggie. As you said the other day, she’s in over her head.”
“I said that she feels she’s in over her head.”
“Come on, Don; you think so, too. If Westbury were the sleepy little town it’s supposed to be, she’d be more than capable of handling the duties of mayor. But we’re up to our eyeballs in trouble. We need someone with experience.”
Haynes paused to let Upton comment.MoreLess
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