Chapter Sixteen
Philomena’s features became grim. “Yes. Yes, one of the patrons was talking about Gabriel’s death about an hour ago. It’s terrible to hear. I don’t know what’s going on in this town.”
Miles said as if trying to make polite conversation, “It must have been especially upsetting to you. You likely spent a good deal of time with Gabriel, considering Amos and he were such good friends.”
Philomena looked down as she put her gala ticket carefully into her purse and then put her purse on a shelf behind the counter. “Not as much as you’d guess. He and Amos weren’t seeing all that much of each other at the time Amos and I were dating. There may have been some hard words between them or something. I never pressed Amos on it because he and I were having too much fun together to have
