Finding Alessandra by Breanna A. Banar

Author:Breanna A. Banar [Banar, Breanna A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Christmas Eve - A Year Later

Snow had fallen upon the ground, covering the green of the grass and weighing down the branches of the once green trees. A small robin was sat on the back of a wooden bench that sat in the front garden and the flowers that had once been brightly coloured were now nowhere to be seen as they were also covered in a slightly sparkling blanket of white snow.

The street was silent, it was early in the morning and the sun was beginning to rise in the distance. The world seemed to be sleeping.

A house stood in the middle of the street, its lights were out just like the other homes and there were strings of lights on the outside which seemed to make it blend in with the other houses but this house was not like the others. This house was not lived in. This was not a home that was celebrating Christmas like the others.

It was Christmas Eve and yet the lights were not on, the Christmas lights were not shining and there was no sign of life.

Surrounding the house was a string of bright yellow tape which was covered in black printed writing although it was slightly covered in frost and snow. The tape and the darkened Christmas lighting were the only things that signalled to the horrific crimes that had happened exactly one year previously.

Last year the ground had been covered in snow but the Christmas lights had given it a cheerful and happy glow, that was until the day had been tainted with the horrific crimes of Damien Hans.

Detective Erin Valentina Rossi was sitting in her car that she had parked in front of the family home; in her mind she saw the scene that she had arrived at last Christmas. She had woken up to the woman of her dreams shortly before getting the phone call that ended up changing the direction of her entire year and giving her a focus that was completely unintentional.

Erin tugged the woman even closer to her as she awoke from her deep sleep and had moved so that both of her arms wrapped around the smaller woman in her arms. Moira simply grinned as the woman moved in her bed and took her into her arms fully, "Good Morning Erin," she said softly as she looked up towards the closed eyes in front of her.

"Morning Moira'," Detective Erin Rossi mumbled as she briefly tightened her arms around Moira as a greeting. Suddenly Erin opened one eye and then a grin spread over her face, "Merry Christmas Moira," she said softly looking towards the woman lying safely in her arms.

Moira's hand slid up to cup Erin's cheek gently as she smiled brightly, "Merry Christmas Erin," she said softly to the curly-haired Italian woman.

In her mind's eye she recalled the lights shining around the house, the Christmas tree that resided in the bay window and glistened with the multi-coloured lights that decorated it along with the red and gold decorations.

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