Buried Roots by Cynthia Raleigh

Author:Cynthia Raleigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense, murder, cemetery, history, virginia, reenacting, artifact, graves, looting, genealogy mystery
Publisher: Cynthia Raleigh

Chapter 25

Back at the hotel, Perri got the bathroom first to get ready for bed while Nina and Tom relaxed in the parlour area. Once she was in her bed, she nestled back into two plush pillows, put another one under her knees and pulled the fluffy, pale green comforter up to her waist. A fourth pillow went on her lap to support her book. ‘Thank goodness they don’t skimp on pillows.’

Perri picked up her camera and turned it on to review the photographs she’d taken that day. She had some good shots of the river falls with a train passing over the bridge in the distance. A few of the cruise shots were pretty good but would have been better if it were not for a man two rows in front of her who insisted on standing up every couple of minutes. She was a magnet for these people, it seemed. The ghost walk pictures turned out better than she expected. All in all, the photos were a nice representation of the day.

She put the camera down and picked up her book, laying her bookmark on the nightstand. She’d read about four paragraphs when Nina hopped onto the other bed and crawled under the covers.

Nina’s muffled voice came from the depths of her pillow, “This was a pretty good day, wouldn’t you say?”

“I agree wholeheartedly and without reservation that this was indeed a splendid day.” Perri giggled and rested her head back against her pillows. “We got exercise, fresh air, saw a lot of interesting sites, and ate some awesome food. No one got killed, hurt, or otherwise injured or maimed. In view of that, I’d say it was an excellent day.”

Nina mumbled something unintelligible in response and fell silent, her breathing evening out as she fell asleep. Perri drifted off once but was startled awake by that weird feeling of sliding sideways that happened sometimes when he was really tired. She was on the verge of sleep again when Tom exited the bathroom and tip-toed over to the walnut wardrobe on the wall opposite the beds. Perri could just make him out through a narrow slit in her barely opened eyelids. She couldn’t keep the corners of her mouth from curling up just a bit at the sight of his bulky form trying to be quiet. He opened the wardrobe door slowly and placed his folded khaki pants inside, softly shutting the door. He turned and resumed his mincing progress toward the bed.

He was doing pretty well with his attempt at noiseless movement, but as he rounded the corner of the bed, Perri heard a crunchy popping sound and the spell was broken. Perri’s eyes flew open to see Tom limping forward, swearing not too quietly, and grabbing his toes.

Nina flipped over and sat bolt upright, “What’s going on?”

“Uhhhh! It’s only me destroying my little toe just now, that’s all. Totally annihilated it on the stupid leg of the bed that was hiding under this fabric thing.” He

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