Before the Storm-storm1 by Diane Chamberlain

Author:Diane Chamberlain [Chamberlain, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Family Life, Fiction, General, Literary, Mothers and Sons, Psychological Fiction, Arson, Patients, Family Relationships, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, People With Mental Disabilities
ISBN: 9780778303381
Google: B-cqwEfh5swC
Amazon: 0778325415
Barnesnoble: 0778325415
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2008-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

before the storm

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“Oh, no, Laurel. I think the baby blues got you and didn’t

let go.”

“Well,” I said, “I’m getting better.” And I knew I would feel

much, much better once I was back in The Sea Tender, a wine

cooler in my hand.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Laurel

I BARELY SLEPT AT ALL THE NIGHT AFTER MARCUS told me

that Andy was under suspicion for the arson. The words that

kept running through my mind were How absurd! I wrote little

speeches of indignation in my mind and nearly called Marcus

in the wee hours of the morning because I needed to say the

words out loud. He is not capable of planning a crime,and he’s certainly not capable of covering one up.

I thought of the time he stole a candy bar while we stood in

line at the grocery store when he was about five years old. I discovered it when I went to check his seat belt. I did what all good

parents are supposed to do: I marched him back into the store

and made him apologize to the manager, and I told him in no

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