Chapter 7
“I told you yesterday, Dad, but you don’t listen.”
“Told me what?”
Jennalee huffed. “About the bikes in the rooms. I saw them do it.”
“Why on earth would they want them inside?” Gerald asked.
“To keep them from getting stolen.”
“Who’s going to steal them? One of the Sutherlands?”
Jane Preece had unstuck herself from a Sutherland woman and came over to the desk. “What was all that about?” she asked.
“Noel Sutherland doesn’t want the Laidlaws for neighbors,” Gerald explained. “He says they’re making a mess out front and taking the motorcycles into the rooms.”
“Into the rooms?”
“Yeah,” Jennalee chimed. “Isn’t it a hoot?”
“That’s why they asked for ground floor rooms,” Jane decided. “Unbelievable.” When Gerald didn’t comment, she added, “So what are we going to do?”
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