Almost Accused of Murder

It is not the kind of conversation that is exigent to the circumstances. When questioned, we could have feigned its importance, but why? It was a superfluous conversation, and no one should have asked. But the police detectives did, because there was a murder to solve Mrs. Peets, the main detective used multifarious methods to get us to talk. Attempted to get us to confess to what we had been sharing in the booth. One look from Migs, our ringleader squelched us immediately. Migs’ rare effulgence has elevated him to sovereign of our little gang. Miss Bee, another detective played with the amaranth on the table. I watched tiny purple buds fall onto the white linen tablecloth. I am pretty sure this plant is pestilent, but kept my mouth shut. They both tried to foment discord, but we were slick and walked away uncharged.