"Kiser, Marcia - Doctor Of Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kiser Marcia)

"I wasn't expecting company. Let me come around and I'll let you in."

Salida exchanged a glance with Dr. Green as the detective mounted the steps. "I don't think she saw you. That may be good. We'll surprise her.Ф

The front door rattled and groaned and swung open. Salida stepped up to the rusty screen. "Mrs. Mason, I need to ask you a few questions."

"Oh, of course, dear. Come right in."

Mrs. Mason fiddled with the flimsy hook and finally got the screen open. Salida stepped in and held the door for Dr. Green.

"Just follow me, dear. I'll fix us a nice glass of tea." Mrs. Mason walked down a long narrow hallway toward the back of the house.

Salida and Dr. Green followed, stopping in the kitchen door. Mrs. Mason still had her back to them. With a careless wave of her hand, she motioned them to the table. "Sit anywhere. I won't be a minute."

Mrs. Mason climbed a small step and reached into a cabinet, retrieving two glasses. As she stepped down, she turned toward Salida. Mrs. Mason's face turned pale and the glasses slipped from her fingers, shattering.

"What's she doing here?" Mrs. Mason demanded.

"Dr. Green? I brought her along. She's part of the questions I need to ask."

"You get that woman out of my house. Right now, do you hear me? I won't have that woman in this house."

The back door screeched in protest. "Almira, what are you screeching about? I heard you all the way out by the garage." A somewhat younger, muscular woman stepped into the kitchen.

"Dr. Green?" the woman asked, her mouth opening in surprise.

"Mrs. Mason, good afternoon. How are you?" Dr. Green said.

Salida pointed at the muscular woman. "You're Mrs. Mason?"

The younger woman nodded. "I'm Althea Mason."

Salida pointed at the smaller woman. "And you're Mrs. Mason, too?"

The smaller woman nodded. "I'm Almira Mason."

"Okay, this is just too weird. How can you both be Mrs. Mason?" Salida asked.

"We were married to brothers," Almira said. "We'd still be married to them if it weren't for her." She sniffed as she pointed at Dr. Green.

"Me? I don't know your husbands. I've never had a patient named Mason before. I didn't even know you had a sister-in-law," Dr. Green protested.

"Oh, not you specifically," Althea Mason said. Disgust showed on her face. "Believe me, the world does not revolve around you, Dr. Green."

"Hold on," Salida said. "What does Dr. Green have to do with your husbands?"

"They're dead and it's all because of her," Almira Mason said.

"That's a fact," Althea Mason added. "That fancy-pants doctor father of her's killed our husbands.Ф