Trouble In A Big Box (A Kelly O'Connell Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
My first thought, of course, was that Bella threatened her. “Mom, slow down. Are you all right?” “Yes,” she yelled, “but Otto has been beaten.” “Beaten?” I know I sounded like a dummy. “Who beat him?” “I don’t know!” I stifled the urge to tell her to use her inside voice. She was screaming at me, and I could tell she was crying. “Mom, slow down, and tell me the whole story. No, wait. I’m giving the phone to Mike. I’ll go to the other phone.” I handed Mike the bedroom phone and set off to locate the living room remote, wherever it might be. Fortunately, I found it on the coffee table. When I picked it up, Mike was speaking in comforting tones. “Nana, tell me slowly how you know about this. Take a deep breath.” He was so good. I could hear her breathe, and her tone was lower when she came back on. “Otto called me about three this morning. When Keisha dropped him off, he went inside and found his store had been trashed. Clocks thrown around—no telling the damage.
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