and Don and I don’t think either of them did it, do you?” Eve asked, not giving David time to reply. “As much as I despise that woman, in all honesty I can’t believe Betty is a murderer. Don is a gentle and quiet man and I don’t think he has a motive. And Annie and Pete are our friends and I know it can’t have been either of them. You had a go at me last time for suspecting Ken from behind the bar and it is unlikely to be him or Jan. Of course it could be any of these people if Jennifer knew something unpleasant about their past. And then it could be Betty if she found out that Don had been having an affair with Jennifer. What do you think?”
“I think it’s very unlikely that Don would have an affair with anyone, Eve, and the same goes for Pete and Ken, before you mention either of them.”
David sighed, thinking that Eve might cause rifts again between them and their friends. She had done so during the summer and he didn’t want her to repeat that mistake.
“Of course we have Yiannis,” Eve went on. “Now he has a foul temper. He could have made a pass at Jennifer and when she rejected him, took his revenge. Do you think that’s possible, David?”
“It’s extremely doubtful. Yiannis is only thirty and he likes his women younger than him.”
“That’s true, but you never know with him. He’s a very strange man.”
“Please don’t go getting involved with Yiannis again. You know how awful he can be.”
David shuddered, remembering Yiannis lunging for Eve a few months previously when she had upset him.
“Alright, I won’t…..I doubt if he has anything to do with this anyway. I suppose the murderer could be Kevin or Lucy Fowler…. or his brother, Paul. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was Paul, you know. He was looking after Jennifer’s garden before she moved in and she dismissed him straight away. He could have been angry with her. I’m sure he needs every bit of business he can get.”
“That’s hardly a motive for murder, darling.”
“People have murdered for less, David. Oh, I don’t know. I must be losing my touch,” Eve spoke miserably. “I feel like I’m a bit out of my depth this time.”
“I wish you’d forget about the murders, Eve” David said, shaking his head. “I’d hate to lose you. I’ve got used to having you around!”
Eve scowled at David and told him to get her a drink.
* * * *
Half an hour later, the doorbell rang and David got up to answer it.
“Who on earth can that be?” he said, with a tinge of annoyance in his voice. “We gave Alison and Robert their own key so it can’t be them, and we saw most of our friends at the party.”
“Oh, get rid of whoever it is,” Eve said, sipping at her metaxa.
She didn’t particularly want to see anyone. Eve had had enough of socializing for one night, but a moment later she heard David talking to another man and was sure it was James. She suddenly felt revitalized and jumped up. Eve was about to rush to the door to make sure David didn’t tell him to go, when both men came into the sitting room.
“Eve, James would like a quick word with you.”
She noticed David seemed even more annoyed, if not slightly angry, and wondered if he was jealous. There was no need for him to be this way, even though it was quite flattering. Eve didn’t want anyone but David, although she found James very handsome and a touch mysterious. There was no harm looking at other men, as long as that’s all you did. However, perhaps David was simply irritated because James had the audacity to turn up at this time of night.
“Good evening, Eve, I’m sorry to bother you at such a late hour, but I would like some help if possible,” James asked with that husky voice of his.
Definitely should have been an actor, thought Eve.
“From me?” she exclaimed. “I can’t imagine how I can help you, but of course if there is any way I can assist, I would be delighted.”
David cringed. Eve was fawning all over him. They would
“I think it’s very unlikely that Don would have an affair with anyone, Eve, and the same goes for Pete and Ken, before you mention either of them.”
David sighed, thinking that Eve might cause rifts again between them and their friends. She had done so during the summer and he didn’t want her to repeat that mistake.
“Of course we have Yiannis,” Eve went on. “Now he has a foul temper. He could have made a pass at Jennifer and when she rejected him, took his revenge. Do you think that’s possible, David?”
“It’s extremely doubtful. Yiannis is only thirty and he likes his women younger than him.”
“That’s true, but you never know with him. He’s a very strange man.”
“Please don’t go getting involved with Yiannis again. You know how awful he can be.”
David shuddered, remembering Yiannis lunging for Eve a few months previously when she had upset him.
“Alright, I won’t…..I doubt if he has anything to do with this anyway. I suppose the murderer could be Kevin or Lucy Fowler…. or his brother, Paul. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was Paul, you know. He was looking after Jennifer’s garden before she moved in and she dismissed him straight away. He could have been angry with her. I’m sure he needs every bit of business he can get.”
“That’s hardly a motive for murder, darling.”
“People have murdered for less, David. Oh, I don’t know. I must be losing my touch,” Eve spoke miserably. “I feel like I’m a bit out of my depth this time.”
“I wish you’d forget about the murders, Eve” David said, shaking his head. “I’d hate to lose you. I’ve got used to having you around!”
Eve scowled at David and told him to get her a drink.
* * * *
Half an hour later, the doorbell rang and David got up to answer it.
“Who on earth can that be?” he said, with a tinge of annoyance in his voice. “We gave Alison and Robert their own key so it can’t be them, and we saw most of our friends at the party.”
“Oh, get rid of whoever it is,” Eve said, sipping at her metaxa.
She didn’t particularly want to see anyone. Eve had had enough of socializing for one night, but a moment later she heard David talking to another man and was sure it was James. She suddenly felt revitalized and jumped up. Eve was about to rush to the door to make sure David didn’t tell him to go, when both men came into the sitting room.
“Eve, James would like a quick word with you.”
She noticed David seemed even more annoyed, if not slightly angry, and wondered if he was jealous. There was no need for him to be this way, even though it was quite flattering. Eve didn’t want anyone but David, although she found James very handsome and a touch mysterious. There was no harm looking at other men, as long as that’s all you did. However, perhaps David was simply irritated because James had the audacity to turn up at this time of night.
“Good evening, Eve, I’m sorry to bother you at such a late hour, but I would like some help if possible,” James asked with that husky voice of his.
Definitely should have been an actor, thought Eve.
“From me?” she exclaimed. “I can’t imagine how I can help you, but of course if there is any way I can assist, I would be delighted.”
David cringed. Eve was fawning all over him. They would
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