Fertile Grounds E-Book

Serena Axel

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

He'd had an accident. The coroner said he was missing three fingers! We never did find them”
"Oh that's awful! It makes me cringe. How on earth...how did he lose them?" Karla and her neighbor, Mrs. Potter, are very into "organic" fertilizer for Karla's lovely roses.

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Serena Axel

Fertile Grounds

BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Fertile Grounds Karla waltzed through the front doors of The Grind Coffee House with a big smile on her face. She ordered a large black coffee. “Hey, where’s Bill?” Marty, the owner, inquired. Lowering her eyes, Karla said softly, “Oh you didn’t hear? He died.” “Oh I’m so sorry to hear that. What happened?” “He had a heart attack, dear. I’ll miss him so. Now who will help me plant all those roses? "Do you remember? He answered the ad I placed on your bulletin board. I met him the very first time--right here in your shop.” “I didn’t know he had a heart problem.” “He liked to act like he was still a young, virile man. He should have been more careful. He had nitroglycerin tablets, and all the time we were together he only took them once. I didn’t mind that he was older, you know. We enjoyed the same things. How he loved to help me in the garden. We would sit on the porch swing and daydream after our...sessions.” “I thought you were a cute couple. I’m gonna miss him," Marty comforted her. “I wasn’t home at the time, I might have been able to help him if I was there. I was at the doctors for my annual check up. I’ll never forget it. I came home and found him in the chair, and I thought he was napping. His hand was bandaged, but I couldn’t bring myself to look at it. He'd had an accident. The coroner said he was missing three fingers! We never did