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admitted.
    Both Amanda and Margaret stared at him as if he had sprouted another head right then and there. Margaret leaned in closer and asked. “What have you heard?”
    Looking very uncomfortable Henry admitted. “I don't think I should....”
    “It's murder isn't it!” Margaret exclaimed slapping her hand down on the table. “I knew it.”
     
    Henry sighed, “I heard it over my old police scanner.”
    “You have an old police scanner?” Amanda asked surprised.
    “I used to be the Sheriff at one time and when I retired they never asked for it back so.....I listen from time to time.” He shrugged one shoulder before taking another bite of cake. 
    “You was the Sheriff!” Amanda sounded surprised. “I bet you were so much better than that Sheriff Thomas, much nicer too.” Henry's face turned three shades of red from the compliment.
    “What did you hear?” Margaret prompted. Both ladies leaned in closer as if he was going to impart a pearl of wisdom.
    “Deputy Clifford radioed the Sheriff when he got a fax from Dr Winters about the toxicology report. Shaking his head he continued. “Florence Hardy was murdered.....That's all I know.”
    “That was an injection sight on her neck that we saw.” Margaret looked at Amanda.
    “That poor woman.” Amanda said covering her mouth in shock.
    “I'm concerned because, I don't think Sheriff Thomas is quite up to handling a murder case.” Margaret admitted taking a drink from her cup.
    “What do you mean not quite up to it?” Amanda asked confused.
    “He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.” Henry answered.
    “Oh,” Shaking her head in acknowledgment her blue eyes grew wider. “What are we going to do then? There's a murderer running loose in Juniper Falls.”
    Margaret thumped her fist on the kitchen table and announced. “We are going to have to solve this murder ourselves.”
    Amanda choked on a piece of cake before asking in disbelief. “How are we going to do that?” 
    “Freckles, I think Margaret is right.” Henry voice sounded grave. “We are going to have to investigate ourselves.”
    Looking at the determination on their faces Amanda added. “God help us.”
     

 
    Chapter 5
     
    After spending most of the day going over the facts about Florence's death it was decided that they needed to get a copy of the toxicology report. It was also decided that Amanda was the one with the best opportunity to do this little task.  Worried, Amanda stood with leash in hand asking. “Are you sure this is going to work?”
    “It will work just... remain calm and act normal” Margaret reassured her.
    “We don't want you to steal it just read the results and report them back to us.” Henry informed.
    Heaving a deep sigh she agreed and headed to Dr. Winters house with Twinkie in tow. Her heart was pounding and her palms were sweating. She wasn't cut out for this type of thing. Taking another deep breath she raised her hand and knocked on the door.
    The door opened and Dr Winters  motioned for her to enter while he was talking on the phone. “Yes, Sheriff that's right.” He pulled a folder out of his briefcase opened it and flipped though the pages. “I am aware that you are not happy with the results.” He glanced over at Amanda not wanting to say too much in front of someone else. She was looking around his living room as if she wasn't listening to his conversation. When she had run out of things to look at she crouched down and scratched Twinkie behind the ears. “Listen, I'm not happy with them either, but I have to go we can discuss this tomorrow, come by my office in the morning.”
    Hanging up the phone and closing the folder he laid it on the coffee table smiling pleasantly he asked. “How did your first day go?”
    “We had a few bumps along the way, but I think we found some common ground.” Amanda patted Twinkie on the head and smiled. She wasn't about to tell him about the dog dragging her through the muddy slush and snow. He would