Two Little Girls in Blue by Clark Mary Higgins

Author:Clark, Mary Higgins [Clark, Mary Higgins]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, thriller, Crime, Adult, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780743288972
Goodreads: 7114528
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Published: 2006-04-04T07:00:00+00:00

52

Margaret sat on the edge of the bed in the twins’ bedroom, the blue velvet dresses she had bought for their birthday draped across her lap. She tried to push aside the memory of a week ago, when she’d dressed the twins for their party. Steve had come home from work early, because after the party they were going to the company dinner. The twins had been so excited that Steve finally had to hold Kelly on his lap while Margaret fastened the buttons on Kathy’s dress.

They were giggling and talking twin talk, she remembered, and she was convinced they could read each other’s minds. That’s why I know that Kathy really is alive: She has told Kelly that she wants to come home.

The image of Kathy being scared and tied to a bed made Margaret want to scream with rage and fear. Where can I look for her? she anguished. Where can I begin? What is it about the dresses? There’s something about the dresses I need to remember. What is it? She ran her hands over the soft velvet fabric, remembering how, even though the price had been reduced, they still cost more than she wanted to pay. I kept looking through the racks, she thought, and I kept coming back to them. The salesgirl told me how much they’d cost at Bergdorf’s. Then she said that it was funny I was there because she’d just finished waiting on another woman shopping for twins.

Margaret gasped. That’s what I’ve been trying to remember! It’s where I bought them. It’s the clerk. She told me that she’d just sold clothes for three-year-old twins to a woman who didn’t seem to know anything about what size to buy for them.

Margaret stood up and let the dresses slide to the floor. I’ll know the clerk when I see her, she thought. It’s probably just a crazy coincidence that someone else was buying clothes for three-year-old twins in that same store a few nights before the girls were kidnapped, but, on the other hand, if the kidnapping was being planned, it would be obvious that the twins would be in pajamas when they took them, and that they would need a change of clothes. I have to talk to that clerk.

When Margaret went downstairs, Steve was just returning with Kelly from the nursery school. “All her friends were so happy to see our little girl,” he said, his voice heavy with false cheer. “Isn’t that right, sweetheart?”

Without answering, Kelly dropped his hand and began to take off her jacket. Then she started to whisper under her breath.

Margaret looked at Steve. “She’s talking to Kathy.”

“She’s trying to talk to Kathy,” he corrected.

Margaret reached out her hand. “Steve, give me the keys to the car.”

“Margaret . . . ”

“Steve, I know what I’m doing. You stay with Kelly. Don’t leave her for a minute. And make note of whatever she may be saying, please.”

“Where are you going?”

“Not far. Just to the store on Route 7 where I bought their party dresses.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.