AccardiChapter 63
Accardi
Chapter 63
Matteo finished tilling the soil in the third bed of the day. He evenly dispersed some compost before he smoothed the rich dirt out. Another bed done. Nine more to go. To his right he could hear Mrs. Henderson humming an old tune he didn’t recognize while she prepped a bed of her own. They worked in silence. They always had.He’d met her a few years earlier after the death of her husband. She’d left a note on his door pleading for him to allow her access to the garden. Her husband had always wanted to ask but never found the courage. Matteo couldn’t refuse her help. She was one of three peoplewho had a key.Matteo pulled the tarp off the fourth bed, folded it up, put it in the nearby shed and started to till. With his head bent, focused on his task, he didn’t hear when the door to the stairs opened. Instead, what caught his attention was that Mrs. Henderson’s humming hadstopped.
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