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a free man."
    Elena's lips twisted into a sneer. "He'll come crawling back. He always does. Just stay away. He's mine!"
    Sherry put her hand to the boxes on the dolly to push it out of her way. She'd had enough of Elena. "Go leave me alone."
    Elena grabbed her wrist. "You aren't going anywhere."
    "Take your hand off me!" Sherry jerked free.
    Elena leaned toward her hissing like a cat. "Hsst! Stay away! He's mine."
    "Did you tell him that?"
    She shoved Sherry back against the shelves sending the cans she'd just stocked tumbling around her. As Elena stalked off to the checkout counter Sherry began picking up the cans wondering what she should do with the dented ones. She could hear Elena protesting loudly to Judy. She was sure Judy would be back as soon as she was free at the cash register. She was right.
    Judy stood with her hands on her hips. "What did you say to Elena Bayshore to make her so mad? I know you heard her."
    "The whole town heard her." Sherry stooped to pick up the last can.
    "If you alienate the customers, you will be terminated."
    "Just a minute! I'm the victim here. She started it. She shoved me."
    "What was it all about?" Judy demanded.
    "She told me to stay away from Mark Blakely."
    "Well, he is her fiance."
    "Not any more. She broke up with him on Sunday. Besides, there is nothing between Mark and me. He's my neighbor. That's all. The woman is crazy."
    Before leaving for the night, Sherry bought two large plastic tubs for her clothes. They would take the place of a dresser. She also purchased four CFL light bulbs and some groceries.
    On the way home, she noticed a car pulled out behind her and seemed to be following her. She speeded up; the car speeded up. She slowed down; the car slowed down. On a straight stretch of road she slowed to twenty-five miles an hour giving the car an opportunity to pass. The car stayed behind her. When she got near her driveway, she slowed down and flipped the turn signal lever. Just as she began to turn, the car rocketed around her. She jerked the steering wheel to the right and jammed on her brakes. After the car was past, she made her turn and pressed the button on the garage door remote.
    She could see the car turning around in the Blakelys' lane. As soon as she was in the garage she pushed the button to close the door. As she got out of her car, she could see through the window in the garage door as the car drove by very slowly. With heart hammering, she unlocked the door to the breezeway and went through to unlock the door to the kitchen.
    The phone was ringing so she answered it warily. Mark's voice sounded worried. "Are you okay, Sherry?"
    "Yes."
    "I saw Elena turn around in our lane. Why was she following you?"
    "Are you sure it was Elena?"
    "Silver Lexus?"
    "It was silver. I didn't see what make of car."
    "It was Elena," he asserted.
    "She was in the store tonight." She recounted what had occurred between Elena and her. "Don't worry; I'm okay. I am also hungry so if you don't mind, I'll go bring my purchases from my car and make some supper. Good night." She hung up without giving him the chance to prolong the conversation.
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    "Now I get to go home and do the laundry," Judy said as she locked the front door to the store.
    "And I get to go to the Laundromat and do my laundry," Sherry asserted.
    Judy grinned at her. "Ain't life exciting?"
    Sherry laughed with her. "At least tonight was more peaceful than last night. Uncle Roy brought in the key to my house but he didn't stay to talk. And Elena wasn't in."
    Sherry drove to the Laundromat and carried her basket of clothes inside. After stuffing the clothes into a washer, she dropped her coins in the slot to start the machine. Then she carried a black plastic chair to sit directly in front of the washer she was using and settled down to read her mystery. She was engrossed in her reading and didn't even look up when she heard the door.
    Suddenly the book was torn from her hands and slung across the room. She looked up