The Haunted Tea Set & Other Stories by Sarah Jackson

Author:Sarah Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah Jackson
Published: 2024-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

Debbie and I had arranged to meet at the Nelson for nostalgic reasons. By day it was a maritime-themed family pub where greasy-haired teens ferried baskets of scampi and chips from kitchen to table under fishing nets festooned with rubber starfish and plastic lobsters. By night it was Willingham Bay’s premier underage drinking spot.

We settled at a sticky table underneath a fibreglass figurehead, a stern-looking woman with an ample bust, paint worn away at the nipples by generations of 15-year olds. I told Debbie everything, about the card, how I’d found Tricia, about Tricia’s story. She listened gravely, stirring her drink and watching the whirlpool unfurl in her glass. She was wearing one of her resin pieces, a bracelet of clear plastic with Skittles sealed inside.

“Could you find it? The book? It might lead us to Mona.”

“Perhaps. There were a bunch of books at her cottage, I’ll go back again tomorrow.”

She nodded, then leaned in and said: “Let’s get out of here.”

We crunched over the shingle on the beach and stood looking out across the glossy waves, gleaming like chipped obsidian.

Debbie bent down and picked up a round grey pebble. She held it in the palm of her hand and covered it with her other hand, murmuring something under her breath. Then she dropped it into my hand. “This is for you.”

It was a perfect heart, in flawless white stone.

She said “I’m glad you came back, Sandy,” and kissed me on the cheek as the earth tilted on its axis.

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