Never Tease A Siamese: A Leigh Koslow Mystery - Plot & Excerpts
"I won't bother you for long," she said politely, trying not to stare at the rather large mole that dominated Peggy Linney's Roman nose. "But I got the idea from the will reading that you had been with Mrs. Murchison for a very long time."The older woman nodded proudly. "Been on there since '74. Ms. Lilah hired me herself, just after she married Mr. Murchison.""So you were there when Dean was born. I mean—" Leigh corrected awkwardly, "when Lilah and Albert adopted him."Peggy's eyes turned hard. "Bullcookies, missy! I don't care what Ms. Lilah said in that crackerbrained will of hers. That boy's hers and I'll swear it to my grave. He was born on the fourth of March, 1977. I was there every minute of it."Leigh swallowed. "You were?""I delivered him!" the older woman barked. "He was purple as an eggplant—came out mewling and never stopped since." Her thin lips parted in a smile. "He's a fine boy, Dean. His mum should have been prouder of him. Ms. Lilah was no youngster then, you know.
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