Chapter 36

" Auntie Alison was Auntie June's friend and when she couldn't find out anything, she and Auntie Heather, who was also her friend, decided to go to Spain to look for her. Well when they came back a couple of weeks later Auntie Heather had gone really thin and both of them were in a dreadful state."

Rupert and Samantha exchanged a worried glance.

"It turned out that Auntie June had fallen in love with someone called the Mantequero and he had killed her." She paused for a moment. "Although Auntie Alison said he hadn't meant to kill her. He'd just loved her to death. Later she took me to Spain to see Auntie June's grave. We left a photograph of her and a vase for flowers."

"He killed her!"Samantha had gone pale.

"He didn't mean to."

Patsy took another drink of her gin and tonic. The glass was almost empty. Rupert's coke and Samantha's tea remained on the tray, untouched. The tea had developed a thin film on the surface.