“Yes, I think I can.” Jane looked at her hands. She had her phone in a white-knuckled grip.
“Then why don’t you arrange that, okay? I need to get back upstairs.” The paramedic didn’t move or break eye contact.
Jane nodded and stared at the phone in her hand. She could call her next two clients and tell them what had happened. It was just two calls, but they were both friends of Bob and Pamela. What could she say to them?
“I should be here, for the family. I should change the linens and put the laundry in and make lunch.”
The paramedic shook her head. “We’re just gonna leave things the way they are for a little while, okay? Until we know what’s been going on.”
Jane pressed her fist into her knee and took a deep breath. “But it was just a heart attack, right?”
The paramedic nodded, “It looks like Bob may have had a heart attack, and Pamela as well. We wouldn’t expect to find both of them on the same morning. The officers should be here any minute. Sit tight, okay?”
Jane listened for the sound of distant sirens. She let go of her phone and smoothed out her apron.
The paramedic tapped the table with her knuckles and lifted an eyebrow. “You okay down here?”
Jane nodded and the paramedic ran back upstairs, taking them two at a time.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…” Jane began the beatitudes where she had left off, in the faint hope of keeping her panic at bay.
A sharp knock on the door interrupted her.
Good, Clean Murder: A Plain Jane Mystery
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Bethany Learn and Indie Editing, my editors. You make clear the crooked paths of fiction!
Thank you to Andrew Rothery for the amazing cover art and for tackling the brave task of the first proofreading.
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Thank you to Brooke Lippy for being “one more set of eyes,” and for being a constant encourager.
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And thank you to Aleta Sanstrum for stepping into the gap at the last minute. Your clear eye and good sense saved many a muddled sentence.
Bless you all!
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