“GOOD JOB, MILES,” MUTTERED Myrtle as they slowly walked back toward Myrtle’s house. “You frightened her off.”
“I wasn’t trying to frighten her off!” protested Miles. “I thought you were frightening her off, so I was trying to bring the tension down a little by asking her if other people had grudges against Luella. How would I know that it would be a trigger for her?”
“What I’d like to know is, why was it a trigger? Does Alma know something about last night? Is she trying to protect someone there?”
They thought about this as they walked past Miles’s house and on to Myrtle’s. Miles said, “I want to say that I’ve seen Alma and Mimsy together in town sometimes. Maybe they’re friends.”
“That makes for an unusual friendship. Mimsy seems very outgoing and cheerful and pleasant to be around.
