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No Small Deceit

ISBN-1626945543

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Eddie stopped at the end of the driveway to let Brent out.  Brent had volunteered to be dropped off there, so Eddie could get to Springfield and back as soon as possible.  They had been delayed at the service station when a man had brought his pickup in, the motor threatening to die every time the vehicle came to a stop.  Eddie had taken the time to check it out, get it running smoother, idling correctly.

Brent saw Granny sitting on the porch before he was halfway up the drive.

He heard a familiar sounding motor start up but couldn't tell what direction it was coming from.  He stopped to listen, looking around at the sky.

In a minute or two a helicopter came into view over the top of the house.  He only caught a glimpse of it before it dropped down again below the roof line.  He heard it fade into the distance.

In that brief glimpse, something about the helicopter looked very familiar but he just couldn't place what.  It must have flown in from the east, and then banked north.  The farmhouse faced the south, situated on a knoll.  The ground sloped gently away behind the house, but nothing could be seen over the ridge.  At thick stand of trees prevented anyone seeing beyond them.

Although the helicopter and its markings nagged at him, he temporarily dismissed it from his mind.

"Back again, huh?" Granny said in way of greeting.  "Tali ain't here.  She's gone to town."

"I know," he said.

She looked up at him quickly, sharply.  She relaxed when he continued.

"I saw her earlier at Eddie's station.  It sure is peaceful out here," he said, seemingly dismissing the subject of Tali.

The old woman wasn't fooled and they both knew it.  Why else would he be back out here, if not to see Tali?  It wasn't to see her, Granny knew that for sure.  But she kept quiet, willing to let him do the talking.  Granny had learned long ago that you learned more by listening than from talking.

He only sat a minute more before he asked, "Mind if I look around? 

Maybe the barn?  I haven't been to many farms before.  Actually, I haven't been to any," he admitted with a grin.

Granny smiled back at him, showing toothless gums.

"At least I can still charm someone!" he thought to himself.

"Sure, go ahead.  Just don't bother T.D.  Tali gets real upset if anyone touches him, almost.  'Course, he may not let you touch him.  Right spirited, that one is."

"You can say that again!" exclaimed Brent.

They both knew he wasn't talking about the horse.

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