Chapter 3IT SERVED NO PURPOSE to remain upset with Chandelle. The girl was constantly poking her nose in, making Luella’s business her own, but Luella couldn’t feel too harshly about all that. After all, Chandelle’s meddlesome behaviour had, on more than one occasion, saved Luella’s life.
As far as talking to the police was concerned, they’d have certainly tracked Luella down as a witness at some point in time. Better that she got to be interrogated by Officer Tariq, someone worthy of her trust, than by a fearsome man like her late husband.
“I’ve done a little investigating of my own,” Chandelle said when she arrived at Luella’s the next day for deliveries.
“Investigating into what?” Luella asked.
Taking off her hat and gloves, Chandelle replied, “The hit-and-run. What do you thi
