Digging Up The Dirt

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Miss Dickce Ducote wanted a clear view of her sister An’gel’s face when she broke the news. She wished there were a discreet way she could set up the video camera on her cell phone to record the moment. Then she could threaten to show it to the rest of the Athena Garden Club to annoy her sister. An’gel needed to be wound up occasionally, Dickce thought. Older sisters could get to be a little too stuffy otherwise.

Miss An’gel Ducote looked up from where she knelt at the edge of the flower bed, trowel in one gloved hand, while the other hand brushed back a stray lock of gray hair. She grimaced. “What is it, Sister? You’ve obviously got something to tell me. You’re practically bouncing on the ground.”

Dickce gave her a sweet smile. “I’ve been talking to Arliss McGonigal, and you’ll never guess what she told me.” She paused to make sure she had her sister’s complete attention.

“If you don’t get on with it,” An’gel said, “I’m going back to work on this bed.” She brandished the trowel. “I have four more azaleas to plant here.”

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