The woman’s shoulders dropped and she looked down at the box. “That’s such a shame, I really needed to speak to her.”
“I’m sure she didn’t die on purpose,” Carol sniffed.
I shot Carol a glance. It was obvious that the woman was upset.
“We might be able to help you, if you tell us what your visit is about. I’m assuming it’s something to do with that box,” I said.
The woman looked at me and gave a little smile. “Okay, I’ll tell you why I’m here. This box belonged to my granddad. He died about three months ago. We’ve only just got round to clearing out the attic of his house. We found this box up there. And inside we found a letter addressed to ‘Rose at The Second Hand Rose shop’.
The woman took a letter out of her handbag. It was unopened.
I looked at Carol and said, “What should we do? Should we open it?”
Carol hesitated, “We should really pass it onto her family.”
“But it might be something to do with the shop, something we need to know about,” I ventured.
Carol didn’t look sure.
“We could open it, read it and if it’s nothing to do with the shop, then we can pass it on to her family.”
Carol looked satisfied with my reasoning. Secretly, I think she was just as curious as me to open the letter.
The woman passed me the letter and said, “Do you mind if I look at the contents too?”
She gave an embarrassed smile. She was just as nosey as us.
“I’ll read it out,” I said and I carefully opened the envelope and took out a piece of paper.
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SECOND HAND GHOSTS
THE LAST LAUGH
By
GILLIAN LARKIN
KINDLE EDITION
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Published by Gillian Larkin on Kindle
Copyright 2013 by Gillian Larkin
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