Reverend Pete had been trying to write Sunday’s sermon for the best part of an hour. He was bored of it himself, so he knew his congregation would be. He got up and straightened the blinds and then went to make himself a coffee. After leaving it once more to align the ornaments on the mantelpiece, he gave up. His heart wasn’t in it and he was just putting off doing it.
So, he was more than happy when he heard the doorbell ring. Any excuse to do it later. He was even more delighted when he saw it was Hayley Bennett.
“This is a pleasant surprise. Come on in. I was so sorry to hear about you being suspected of murder. But I had complete faith that you would be exonerated.”
“For a while there, I didn’t, but it all worked out in the end. Veronica Stokes wasn’t a very nice woman, you know. Ne
