Recessional
Dot hadn’t died. Apparently, she was allergic to the shrimp. Or something on the shrimp. So probably nothing to do with their non-investigation or vague suspicions.
Somehow Becca found she’d been co-opted to pick Dot up from the hospital the next morning. She would have offered but felt manipulated and annoyed as Zach drove her home. Instead of murder thoughts, she found herself thinking about stalking. Was she too suspicious? But she’d always told her kids to trust their instincts.
“If you feel uneasy, there is a reason,” was her mantra to them and herself as a woman living alone.
Since moving to New Orleans, Dot had tried to cling. Dot had failed, partly because Becca was very involved in Nell’s wedding and partly because she didn’t like clinging. Dot’s random appearances
