Darkness Falls by Melissa R L Simonin

Author:Melissa R L Simonin [Simonin, Melissa R L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melissa R. L. Simonin
Published: 2015-05-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The gym echoed with the sound of dribbling basketballs, the squeaking of shoes, and calls from one player to another. The two teams were warming up, and soon the game would start.

“I’m exhausted,” said Annette. “Sure, I’ll have three day weekends all semester. But I’ll need them, to recover from the Tuesdays and Thursdays.”

“It’ll get easier. At least I think so, anyway,” I said semi-optimistically.

“It will,” said Jenny. “We’ll get used to it. Do either of you have Wednesday morning classes?”

“No, thank goodness,” said Annette.

“I do. The same one your fiancé has,” I said, and laughed.

“Good grief! How could I forget?” said Jenny.

“I have no idea!” I said. “Speaking of that particular class, brings to mind the professor, which brings to mind Xander’s cousin. Did you get a chance to talk to her any more after we left?”

“Yes, we did,” said Jenny.

“And? How did it go, is she going to quit her job, sub-let her apartment, and move to another state?”

“Uh, no,” Jenny said, and Annette laughed. “Xander and I are both frustrated with her. We’re hoping maybe you can have an influence on her.”

“Okay, sure, but if I was much of an influence she would have listened when I said to stay away from Westin,” I said.

“She looks at you like you’re a rock star,” commented Annette.

“That’s a good way to put it,” said Jenny.

“She was looking at Miles and me kind of funny,” I said. “Why is that?”

“Because you solved a mystery when you were nineteen, for one thing. A very old, cold case, too.”

“About that,” I said. “Actually, I didn’t. Miles told me what happened, so there was no mystery for us. We just had to find a way to prove it.”

“That must have been so… I don’t know,” said Annette. “I can’t even begin to imagine what that was like when you first met him.”

I looked around. We were alone on the bleachers. The only other people in the gym were our guys, and the other team.

“I thought he was a statue at first, sitting on the banister in the entryway. You know how it curves, and there’s that pedestal at the base of the stairs? He was sitting on that, watching what I was doing. Trixie walked in the room, and he said something to her. I nearly had a heart attack! But then I thought he was Second-Miles, and I asked ‘are you Miles.’ It startled him. No one else had seen or heard him the whole time he’d been semi-transparent. So he fell off the banister, then sat on the floor just staring at me.” How fun was this, to actually be able to tell my friends how we really met! “I was getting more irritable by the second, because he wasn’t saying anything, he just sat on the floor and stared. Finally, he asked if I was talking to him. I was ready to throw something at him!”

Jenny and Annette laughed.

“So you had no idea at all then?” asked Jenny.

“No, not until he stood up and moved into the parlor and into the light.

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