Dark Crossings by Marta Perry

Author:Marta Perry [Marta Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, General, Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
ISBN: 9780373837663
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

AS SHE TRIED TO GET BACK to sorting and boxing that afternoon, Sarah found that Leo’s comments about the accident had brought it back to mind a bit too vividly. Those moments when she’d known they were going to crash, the sensation of flying through the air—that should be what sent remembered fear shivering down her spine.

But it wasn’t. The vivid, terrifying moments that wouldn’t let go were those she’d spent frantically searching for Jacob, fearing she would find him lying on the road, looking the way Mr. Strickland had when she’d found him.

She tried to shake the feeling off, but couldn’t. Maybe Jacob had felt the same thing when he’d tried to find her. Maybe… Her thoughts jumped ahead to the kiss. Perhaps that kiss had just been an expression of relief that they were both still alive. If so, the best way to handle the situation was to ignore it.

That explanation should make her happy, but for some reason it didn’t.

The cuckoo clock on the study wall sounded, reminding her that it was time to quit for the day. She began stacking the photo albums in a box, along with the loose photos. The pictures must have been important to Mr. Strickland. He’d made notes on the backs of many of them, identifying people and places. Quickly, she stacked them in the box to be looked at later. Her hand paused on the album she’d seen first, the one with the picnic scene. Surely someone would want to keep that one, at least. She flipped open the album.

The picture wasn’t there. She stared blankly at a photo of a school group: children lined up in front of the old elementary school, a teacher in a long skirt standing at the end of the row. Sarah turned the page, then went back again. She must be mistaken. The picnic photo had to be in another album.

She ran her finger along the inside binding, feeling the rough edges of a page that had been torn out. Her stomach seemed to twist. Maybe this was a different album. Maybe the page had been ripped out years ago. Maybe. But she didn’t think so.

Mamm would be waiting at Aunt Mary’s, wondering why she wasn’t there yet. Sarah clutched the album. Was she really sure this was the same one? But how could anyone get in the house to tear out the page? And why?

She must be wrong. There was no time to go through all the albums again, searching for the missing picture. She could do that tomorrow. If the photo really wasn’t there, Leo would have to be told.

Sarah hurried downstairs and double-checked the locks on the front and back doors. All was secure, so she scurried out the side door, locking it with the key.

She’d gone nearly a block before she realized she’d left her jacket behind, and would need it in the morning. Shaking her head, she turned back. One of her grossmamm’s favorite sayings slipped into her mind.

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