Knot In My Backyard (A Quilting Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
As soon as I got inside the house, I set the alarm and threw the dead bolt.I instinctively wanted to call the police, but if I asked for police protection, I’d have to tell Beavers the rest of what I knew. I wasn’t ready to do that just yet. First, I needed to find out how close Aiken was to getting political asylum for Javier and Graciela. Once our witnesses were secure, they could emerge from hiding and clear Ed. Then I could tell Beavers every rotten detail I suspected about Beaumont and the Army Corps of Engineers.The clock read one in the afternoon, and I was starving. Fear made me hungry. Anxiety made me hungry. So did sadness, anger, boredom, excitement, and happiness. I pulled two sweet corn and cheese tamales from the freezer and stuck them in the microwave for five minutes.The light blinked on my phone, alerting me to new voice mail. My daughter, Quincy, left the first message. “Hi, Mom. I may be getting a new job as the West Coast reporter for NPR. I might even be based in Los Angeles.
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