CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Rosie arrived a little after one and shooed Charlotte out. “I’m fine, darling. Locks are changed and it is time for you to take a break.”
“Have you eaten?”
“I have a sandwich with me if I get hungry. Go. Take as long as you need.”
As long as Charlotte needed would depend on her investigation into the frame shop. She popped upstairs to collect the speed stick with the images from her visit to the falls. This was her way to gain the trust of whoever worked there. She grinned.
Into sleuth mode.
A difficult time it might be, but solving puzzles was good for her, and keeping a sense of humour pushed the shadow of panic away. It wasn’t as though she was a sleuth. Just someone who believed in making things right.
She glanced into the bookshop as she passed. Rosie was with a
