Monster Among the Roses
Plus, she smelled good, like her roses.
“I can’t leave,” I told her, trying not to like her nearness but failing. “Didn’t you hear me? I was told to come in here.”
“By whom?”
I tugged my hat off only to jam it back onto my head, refusing to reveal my nerves as I answered, “Mr. Nash.”
She arched an eyebrow. “Mr. Nash as in Henry Nash?”
“Yeah. Yes, of course. Who else?”
“Well, that’s impossible.” She leaned toward me as if trying to intimidate me. “He knows I’m the only one who touches these flowers. He would never send someone else in here to do so. This is my garden.”