gray-haired women were huddled around a table beside her sipping tea.
“Did you hear that Waylon Granger died at the bluff?” the curly-haired woman with glasses said.
The other two women’s faces expressed surprise.
The thin lady in a blue knit pantsuit leaned over the table, eyes wide. “Really?”
The curly-haired woman clinked her spoon on her teacup. “He sure did. My grandson was up there and found him. Waylon fell over that ridge.”
The third lady clacked her teeth. “Wonder what he was doing up there?”
“Probably drunk,” the thin lady said.
“He was always drunk,” the curly-haired one whispered. “Such a sorry excuse for a man.”
The third lady pushed her pie plate away, the pie half-eaten. “You know the Hawks always thought he killed their little girl, Chrissy?”
Honey averted her face so she didn’t have to look at the women, but their voices reached her anyway.
“I heard that, too,” the curly-haired one said. “He did have a temper.”
“He sure did. I always felt sorry for that girl of his. No wonder she left town.”
“I thought she left because she was pregnant.”
“Could have been.”
Honey sank down in the booth, hoping no one recognized her.
“I figured the Hawks ran her off,” the woman continued. “I heard Ava saying that Granger’s girl was white trash.”
“If you ask me, Ava shouldn’t have been pointing a finger.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, the night their little girl went missing, the Hawks were at a party for the mayor.” She paused dramatically. “Steven accused Ava of having an affair.”
The other women gasped. “What?”
“No.”
“They were talking about Chrissy, too. Made me think that she wasn’t Steven’s baby.”
“What did Ava say?”
“I don’t know. They left in a huff.”
Honey tensed. She despised gossip because she’d borne the brunt of it.
But what if the Hawks’ marriage hadn’t been perfect like everyone thought? What if Ava Hawk had had an affair?
What if Chrissy wasn’t Steven Hawk’s child?
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