Charmed to Death
An Ophelia and Abby Mystery
Chapter One
The voices drifted through the open window at the library.
"Everyone needs to disperse right now. I'm sorry, but you can't block traffic."
"What traffic, Brett? I don't see no cars comin'."
I recognized the deep baritone voice of Stumpy Murdock, proud owner of Stumpy's Bar and Billiards.
"C'mon, Stumpy, you know I can't let you have a sit-in smack in the middle of the four-way stop. Take the demonstration someplace else."
"We're exercisin' the right to peaceful assembly."
"Yeah." Several voices cried out -- one of them, the voice of my sweet grandmother.
Crap. Abby was with them. I needed to get out there before poor Brett was forced to arrest all those subversive characters.
When I rounded the corner of the library, I saw the sit-in. Several of the town's senior citizens had planted themselves in the center of the four-way. How Edna Walters ever managed to make it to a sitting position in the middle of the intersection, I'll n ... read full excerpt from: Charmed to Death ebook
