“Mrs. Clover, I appreciate your concern over our resident. But I can assure you that we hold safety in the very highest regard here. Mrs. Pelias experienced a natural death while she was sleeping, which is honestly not a bad way to go. We’ll miss her, of course. But there was nothing at all untoward in her demise.” Darla’s clipped speech was so pat that Myrtle wondered if she’d given it before. Did Greener Pastures residents frequently ascribe foul play to seemingly natural deaths?
Myrtle felt her face flush. She was used to not being taken seriously, but it was still extremely galling. She was just opening her mouth with a hot retort when Miles quickly jumped in.
“You see, Ms. ... um ... Darla, the reason we want to report the possibility of foul play is because the resident, Mrs. Pelia
