She turned off the television and wandered the house looking for something to clean. She ran the vacuum. Best to do it while Mistletoe was out of the house. The poor pup wasn’t on the best of terms with this particular appliance. Also, it was loud enough to drown out the dead girl’s final cry, which replayed itself over and over in Luella’s mind.
After she’d turned off the vacuum, Luella realized she never did take down those Lasagna Lady signs in the parking lot. Her heart slammed her ribcage when she imagined the supermarket manager sending police to arrest her for unlawful advertising on MarketFresh property.
She looked up the supermarket’s number in the phonebook and called to explain the situation that had prevented her from removing the signage. The girl who answered said the
