Chapter 22
By the end of the day, Paige felt as if every citizen of Skipton had walked through the station, looking for the latest gossip. All the attention and questions had exhausted her, and she was ready to call it a day. Mavis had been insistent on keeping ice on her eye throughout the day, and as a result the swelling had been kept to a minimum. There was no way to prevent the colorful tones that the skin around her eye was turning, though. George had helped all day with putting away the Halloween decoration, and when a few of his friends stopped by, the sisters waved him off, telling him to go enjoy his evening. Mavis had tried to hover and mother Paige, but when the girls found out she had a book club meeting that night, they insisted that she get going so she wouldn’t be late. Th
