Shadows on the River by Linda Hall
Author:Linda Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2009-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
The bedside telephone woke me.
âHello?â The little locket fell onto the floor beside me. It clattered to the floor and I clamored for it at the same time as I reached for the phone. Light was filtering through my curtains. It was morning. Maddy? She was at Mirandaâs. Was she okay?
âAlly?â It was Mark.
I sat up suddenly, cleared my throat. âHi,â I stammered.
âI hope I didnât wake you.â
I coughed, choked on my cough, said, âNot at all.â
âI was wondering if you and Maddy would like to come to church with me this morning.â
âMaddyâs at a friendâs house.â
âHow about you? Would you go with me?â
I put my hand to my forehead. âUm. No. I should be here when Maddy gets home.â
âHow about going with me to Sydney for a couple of days then?â
âWhat?â I put a hand to my face. I felt flushed. Had I heard him right?
ââ¦I was thinking about what you told me yesterday. All of what you told me yesterday. I called you last night. Did you get the message?â He sounded out of breath. âI think the police should reopen the case of your friend Tracy. I told you about my cousin whoâs on the police force in Sydney? I have an idea I want to run by you.â
âUm.â I couldnât think straight. I held the locket in my hand, noticing how cheap it was, how tarnished and how flimsy. When we had purchased them, we thought we were buying expensive gold. I placed it on my bedside table.
He went on, âThis is serious, Ally. I donât think we should let this go. And now heâs doing it again. Carolyn wants to hire a P.I. I told her, let me look into it a bit for you, Iâve been on the phone with her and with my cousin going over those old police reports from the time your friend died.â
I gripped the phone.
ââ¦thatâs why Iâm wondering if youâd like to go to Sydney with me for a couple of days. If we ever want to have a hope of bringing Larry down, this might be it.â He seemed breathless, and as he talked I was becoming more and more confused.
My thoughts were swimming. I picked up my diary from the floor. âBut it was more than twenty-five years ago,â I stammered.
âThereâs no statute of limitations on murder,â he said simply. âMy cousinâs an RCMP officer in Sydney. Theyâre willing to reopen the case. Ally, I need to ask this, have you been back to the place where you grew up? The bridge and the church? The graveyard?â
âNo, I havenât.â
âMaybe it would be a good idea to go back to that graveyard. Take a second look. Go over it again with my cousin. I know what the lawyers argued, that you couldnât have seen or heard what you did from the distance in the graveyard.â
âBut I did.â
âLetâs go there and prove it.â
âMark, I canât go to Sydney with you. I have Maddy to think about.â
âI was thinking she could come.
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