Saturday Snippet: We Have Nothing to Discuss

 

The following snippet is taken from 

Diantha

Widows of Wildcat Ridge Book 14

 

          Inhaling a deep breath, Diantha decided she needed to take a stronger stance. It was one thing to be occasionally bullied by her late husband, but this man had no claim on her. She refused to answer to him. “Why, Mr. Crane, I don’t intend to tell you anything. It is really none of your business how I manage the financial affairs of my hotel. I suggest you focus your attention on your own hotel.”

          “It is my business, Mrs. Ames. The settlement draft with your name on it was cashed at the bank in Curdy’s Crossing. I want to know why you would deposit your money using a bank six miles away when you have a perfectly sound bank not even a block from your hotel.”

          “Once again, it is not your concern, Mr. Crane.”

          Mortimer pounded his fist on the registration counter. “It’s because of that scurrilous gossip started by that incompetent, simple-minded, trouble-making liar of a teller, Birdie Templeton, who used to work for me until she ran out on me. Am I right?”

          You mean that sweet, honest, well-intentioned woman you terrorized by almost kidnapping her in order to force her into prostitution before the man who is now her husband rescued her? Diantha folded her hands in front of her. “I assure you, Mr. Crane. I do not make my business decisions based on gossip. We have nothing to discuss. I am asking you to leave.”

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