Sand City Murders by MK Alexander

Author:MK Alexander [Alexander, MK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KMACK Design
Published: 2013-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

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I was back at the office fifteen minutes later. Melissa walked in, Madison in tow. The latter was her daughter, the cutest five year old you could ever hope to meet. The former had a scowl on her face. I don’t think I ever saw Melissa look like this. She took Eleanor aside and whispered something in her ear. She turned to me and managed her perfect smile. “Patrick, could you watch Madison for like five minutes? I have to talk to Eleanor— thanks.”

She didn’t leave me much room to maneuver. Eleanor was already on her way to the ad office and Madison was standing right in front of me, just staring up, smiling expectantly. I grinned back. I heard the door close. “Well, hey cutie-pie… How are you today, Madison?”

“Thirsty.”

“Thirsty? Well, follow me… what do you like to drink?” I asked and led her to the break room fridge.

“Soda.”

“Are you allowed to drink soda?”

“No.”

“How about a juice box?”

“Always a juice box… fine.” Madison sighed dramatically.

We went back to the office and I set her up in a cubicle of her own. I supplied paper and colored markers but she looked at me strangely. “What’s this for?”

“Drawing.”

“I only draw on my tablet.”

“This is the old fashioned way… paper and, well, I don’t have any crayons...”

“Yes you do.”

“I do?”

“In that drawer, from the restaurant,” Madison told me.

I was wondering how she could possibly know that. I searched, and sure enough there was a small box of complimentary crayons from the Clam Shack.

“What should I draw?”

“Anything you like.”

“I like horses and dinosaurs, houses and the beach.”

“Any one of those would be great.”

“Are you going to put it in the paper?”

“Hmm, you haven’t even started yet.” I winked.

Madison set to work. It was way more than five minutes. I could hear Melissa and Eleanor talking in the next room but couldn’t make out a word they said. Madison returned to my cubicle holding her new drawing rather proudly. It was a little hard to understand what it was.

“Wow, Madison, this is very cool. What is it?”

“My family…” she said and put the paper on my desk. “That’s me, riding a dinosaur on the beach… that’s mommy when she’s at work... and that’s daddy when he’s a pirate.”

“Why is he a pirate?”

“He has a peg leg, an eyepatch, and a parrot on his shoulder.”

“Cool…” I looked at the drawing. “What’s this?” I asked, pointing to something I couldn’t hope to recognize.

“The dog on a stick, silly,” Madison replied as if it were obvious.

Melissa and Eleanor stepped out of the ad office. They both had rather grim looks. Melissa gave me a pained smile and came over to give Madison a big hug. “What’cha doing, sweetie?”

“Drawing a picture for Mr Patrick. He’s going to put it in the paper.”

Melissa glanced up at me and I smiled.

“Family portrait,” I said, and Madison filled in the details.

“Oh yeah, that stupid bird. Pooping all over the house…” Melissa whispered to me, hoping Madison didn’t hear.

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