Chapter Twenty-One
I froze and then tried to study Tanya’s face in the darkness. Was this some sort of library business visit? My gut told me it was something very different, but it also wouldn’t be good if I made a mistake and accused a library board member of something nefarious.
I gave a shaky laugh. “Oh, it’s you, Tanya. You startled me.” Something in her expression and the way she held my keys made me reach slowly back into my purse and switch on my digital voice recorder I’d had handy for the library meeting this morning.
Some of my ambivalence must have translated to her because her eyes narrowed. Suddenly, I thought back to earlier in the day and the photos on the wall of her entrance hall. The climbing photo with the autograph and the smiling faces in the bottom photo. Then I t
