To Catch a Leaf (2011)
To Catch a Leaf
“Reilly asked, scooting his chair back. “You didn’t mention any of this earlier.”
Seeing the alarm on Mrs. Dunbar’s face as he strode toward us, I turned to squint my eyes at him, telling him silently, Don’t scare her! “Mrs. Dunbar, by lust, are you saying someone in this house was sneaking out for a tryst?”
With Reilly and me gazing at her expectantly, Mrs. Dunbar turned red in the face and beads of sweat popped out on her upper lip. “I—I never should have said that. I don’t like to say anythin...g bad about the family. It’s not my place. Can I please do the laundry now?”
“You need to answer the question first, Mrs. Dunbar,” Reilly said, reverting to formalities. “Who did you hear leave the house?”
“I don’t know who,” she said, wringing her apron. “All I know is that someone was using the back door early in the mornings.”
“How do you know that?” Reilly asked, flipping open his little notepad.
“M-my room is right next to the kitchen. I c-could hear the beeps when the alarm was turned off and the latch click when the door was opened.”MoreLess
Seeing the alarm on Mrs. Dunbar’s face as he strode toward us, I turned to squint my eyes at him, telling him silently, Don’t scare her! “Mrs. Dunbar, by lust, are you saying someone in this house was sneaking out for a tryst?”
With Reilly and me gazing at her expectantly, Mrs. Dunbar turned red in the face and beads of sweat popped out on her upper lip. “I—I never should have said that. I don’t like to say anythin...g bad about the family. It’s not my place. Can I please do the laundry now?”
“You need to answer the question first, Mrs. Dunbar,” Reilly said, reverting to formalities. “Who did you hear leave the house?”
“I don’t know who,” she said, wringing her apron. “All I know is that someone was using the back door early in the mornings.”
“How do you know that?” Reilly asked, flipping open his little notepad.
“M-my room is right next to the kitchen. I c-could hear the beeps when the alarm was turned off and the latch click when the door was opened.”MoreLess
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