Greene, Michelle’s high school science teacher, and her mother’s neighbor, Nancy Yolken. Only half listening to Mr. Greene’s awkward condolences and Mrs. Yolken’s probing questions, she hoped she made the appropriate responses in the right places.Dean Lawson. How had she not recognized him? In all fairness, he had been the last person she expected to see at Michelle’s memorial.“Such a shame,” Mrs. Yolken said again. Haley gritted her teeth until her jaw ached. She wished the woman would find someone else to pump for information. When it came to gossip, Yolken was like a circling vulture, barely waiting for her prey to stop twitching before swooping in.Mr. Greene slowly got to his feet. “I should see about another coffee.”The idea of Mrs. Yolken claiming her undivided attention sent a wave of panic through her. “Let me get that for you.”“Nonsense, Haley.” He waved her off and headed for the kitchen, probably as eager to get away from the other woman as she was.Crap.“I just can’t believe she was in your grandmother’s house all that time.”
