LC 02 - Questionable Remains by Beverly Connor Read Free Book Online

Grace. "A
really nice young doctor in that new medical building with
Dr. Terry."
    "He's Dr. Tim," said Marilee.
    "Did someone mention my name?"
    Lindsay looked over to see a handsome man in his midthirties, dark blond hair, athletic build, coming into the
kitchen carrying a bouquet of daisies and daffodils. "Kelley
will be here soon. She called and said she was leaving the
same time I did," he said, giving the flowers to Grace.
    "How pretty," she said.
    "Aren't they?" replied Dr. Tim. "I don't think Mrs.
Stevens will miss them from her garden, do you?"
    "Oh, you ..." began Grace, cuffing him on the shoulder
as she rose and took the flowers to put them in a vase. "This
is Dr. Lindsay Chamberlain," said Grace. "Lindsay, this is
Dr. Timothy Scott. Lindsay is a bone specialist."
    He reached across the table and shook Lindsay's hand,
then sat down between Miles and Joshua. "Bone specialist?"
he asked.
    "Lindsay identifies bones," said Miles.
    "Yeah, you won't believe what we found buried in the
field," said Joshua.
    "What did you find?" he asked as he reached for a biscuit.
    "An old skeleton of a Christian with spools in his ears,"
said Marilee.
    Tim stopped in the middle of buttering his biscuit.
    Joshua and Marilee giggled at the look on his face. No
one noticed the kitchen door opening until they heard the
voice.
    "What are you doing here?" The statement was not loud, but it was severe enough that everyone stopped and looked.

    Lindsay was surprised to see Denny Ferguson's cocounsel standing in the Lamberts' kitchen glaring at her.
    "Kelley," said Grace. "What's wrong, dear? This is Dr.
Lindsay Chamberlain. She's our guest."
    "We've met," said Lindsay. "Miss Banks and I were on
opposite sides of a recent court case."
    "Oh." Grace smiled. "I guess that would happen in your
lines of work. Lindsay came here to identify some bones
for us."
    Kelley looked sharply at her aunt. "Excuse me?"
    "Yeah," said Joshua. "Dad was plowing and found some
bones in the field. The sheriff called Dr. Chamberlain."
    "What was it?" Kelley asked.
    Dr. Tim nodded to her. "Marilee just explained to me it
was a Christian with spools in his ears. I'm waiting to find
out what that means. Sit down and pull up a biscuit and let
them tell us." Tim looked at Lindsay. "Well, bone doctor?"
    Miles moved his chair and Kelley sat down beside Tim
and gave Lindsay her attention. Her eyes sparked with
antagonism as Lindsay explained about the skeleton and
the Mississippian earspools.
    "I found the other one," said Marilee.
    "And the poor fellow was holding a rosary," added
Grace.
    "A rosary?" said Tim.
    "That's how it appears," said Lindsay. "The bones and
artifacts have to be examined in the laboratory to be sure."
    "I'm surprised you couldn't tell at a glance," said Kelley.
    "She pretty nearly did," said Miles, oblivious to Kelley's
sarcasm.
    Lindsay could see that there was a good chance things
were about to go downhill from here. She folded her napkin
and rose. "I had better be on my way. I want to thank you
for the hospitality you've shown me."
    "We enjoyed it," said Grace.

    "Yes," agreed Miles. "It has been a bit of excitement for
us."
    "Let me get a box for the knife," said Joshua, jumping up
from the table.
    Lindsay shook hands with Grace and Miles and said
good-bye to Marilee, who wanted to shake her hand, too.
    "Come back and see us. Won't you?" said Marilee.
    "I'll tell you what," said Lindsay. "I'll return the knife
personally when it is cleaned and analyzed."
    Lindsay went out to the Rover to wait for the package.
She was followed shortly by Kelley Banks.
    "What's this Uncle Miles is telling me about your investigating my Uncle Ken's death?" she said.
    "Grace and Miles asked me to look into it for them,"
Lindsay told her.
    "Aunt Grace is having a difficult time with Uncle Ken's
death. I don't want you dragging it out for her."
    "What are you talking about?" asked Lindsay.
    "Aunt Grace just can't accept his death. She