The Traveling Corpse by Double Edge Press

Author:Double Edge Press [Press, Double Edge]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: detective, seniors, murder, florida, community, cozy mystery, retirement, emus, friends
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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It had been a long evening; but it was only a little after 11 o’clock as Annie was getting ready for bed. For all that had happened, it seemed like it should be long after midnight. Annie thought about what an exciting evening this had turned out to be—more excitement than she cared for. In fact, the past three days had been stimulating. She was exhausted and was glad it was over. But as she pulled her long sleeved nightgown over her white hair, she stopped to think. There was a nagging at the back of her mind; something was bothering her.

Art was already asleep on his side of the bed. He could drop off to sleep the minute his head hit the pillow. She envied him for that. She wanted to talk, but she didn’t know exactly what it was she wanted to talk about—except she knew it had to do with ‘Our Mystery’. She thought that if she talked about it maybe then she could put her finger on what it was that was bothering her so much—what it was that just wasn’t quite right. Art had been such a good sport about going with her on the stake-out; she guessed she wouldn’t torment him anymore tonight with an aimless rehashing of all the events.

Usually, she read herself to sleep. The light from her bedside lamp didn’t bother Art. He just turned over, shut his eyes, and went to sleep. She opened her book. She was re-reading Gone with the Wind, but Scarlett’s war-time troubles were too much for her tonight. She was too tired to read about the siege of Atlanta. She was besieged by her own worries. It was late, and she needed to put those worries aside and try to turn off her brain and go to sleep. After all, the Sheriff’s Department had taken over the case, even complimented them. They shouldn’t have to worry about it anymore. Like Scarlett O’Hara, ‘She’d think about that tomorrow’. Annie pulled up the covers, snuggled against her husband, and said her prayers.

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