My Life Before Me by Norah McClintock

Author:Norah McClintock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV039120, JUV028000, JUV028000
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2015-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

The day was a complete write-off, or so I thought until I was doing the supper dishes. I heard the doorbell ring, and a minute later Maggie poked her head into the kitchen to tell me that I had a visitor.

“I do?” How was that even possible? I barely knew anyone in town.

There was no one in the front hall.

“He said he preferred to wait outside,” Maggie told me.

I went out onto the porch. At first I didn’t see anyone. Then something moved in the shadows.

“Daniel. What a surprise!”

Daniel nodded at the plywood over the parlor window.

“I heard about the fire. Ma wanted me to make sure you were all right.”

“I’m fine. I feel bad for Maggie though.”

“I heard it was arson.”

“The fire marshal was here. And the sheriff. But so far there’s no suspect.”

“You think it happened because of you?”

“It crossed my mind, but I hope not.” I told him about going to see Sheriff Hicks, who’d told me the police records had been destroyed, and then about my visit to the former sheriff. “He can’t even talk.” I was so discouraged. There had to be someone who knew what had happened all those years ago. “Daniel, do you know anyone who knew your brother? Anyone who’s still alive, I mean.”

“Besides Ma?”

I nodded.

“There’s Edgar.”

I recognized the name. “The caretaker from the church?”

“Yeah. He knew TJ. He still talks about him sometimes. Tells stories about him. When TJ was a kid, Edgar did odd jobs. He could fix anything. He also did gardening. Looked after people’s properties. TJ used to help him.”

“Do you think he’d talk to me? Do you know where he lives?”

“He has a place a couple of miles from here. But these days, mostly he’s at the church. You want me to introduce you?”

I said yes, and we made plans to meet the next day.

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