Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

Author:Elizabeth Hunter [Hunter, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-941674-50-5
Publisher: Elizabeth Hunter

All three of them managed to find time the next morning for some research in the Glimmer Lake Library. Robin was looking through boxes of photographs as the librarian, Gail Carpenter, brought another box over.

“My predecessor was in the process of putting all these on microfilm when I took over. Luckily, I’ve been able to drag the library into the twenty-first century, but we still have a long way to go scanning all these old pictures.”

“We’re wondering about the Grimmer family,” Val said. “Specifically, a man named Billy Grimmer.”

Gail cocked her head. “It doesn’t sound familiar.”

“The Grimmers mostly moved away after the dam was built,” Robin said. “According to some things we heard, their land was flooded by Glimmer Lake. I’m doing some research kind of related to a piece of furniture I found.”

“Oh.” Gail frowned. “So it’s not a family connection?”

“No,” Robin said. “Just general town history.” She glanced at the sketch and the photograph of Billy Grimmer they’d found. “I know it was a long time ago, but—”

“See, I saw that picture” —Gail pointed at the sketch— “and all I could think about was your Uncle Raymond. I assumed you were doing something family related. Not that it matters to me, mind you, but I should get you some earlier boxes then. These are clippings and photos from the early sixties, when we were in high school.”

Robin asked, “You knew my Uncle Raymond?”

“Oh yes,” Gail said. “He was a grade ahead of me, but the school wasn’t big. We all knew each other.” She opened one of the boxes and rifled through. “Here’s one I was remembering. See?” She handed the photo to Robin. “There he is in the back row. There was a youth fishing derby on the lake that summer.”

Monica and Val walked around the table and hovered over Robin’s shoulder as she looked at the black-and-white photograph of the young people gathered on the lakeside. A long line of trout was laid in front of them, and smiling teenagers jostled in a clump.

“There I was in the front,” Gail said. “I was always short. But your Uncle Raymond was tall, even when he was young.” She pointed to a blurry face in the background. “There he is. Not the greatest picture, but he’s the first one I thought of when I saw the sketch you did.”

Robin felt her heart start to pound as she reached for the magnifying glass. The young man in the picture wasn’t in clear focus, but a cursory glance did seem to resemble the picture of Billy Grimmer.

What was going on here?

Val’s hand squeezed her shoulder. “Are there more pictures of him in here?”

“I’m sure there are,” Gail said. “Ray was very popular. Always had a bit of the rebel about him. The girls loved him.”

“Right.” Robin set down the picture and turned toward the box. “Thanks, Gail.”

“Sure thing. And I’ll look for whatever I have on the town before the dam,” the friendly librarian added. “I know it won’t be as much.

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