Unmarked Graves by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope [Pope, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press

Chapter 10

Amazing how food could make you feel so much better about life. Rosemary had never been into ribs — and was even less so now that she had cut most red meat out of her diet — but the barbecue chicken she was currently devouring was divine, and the mac and cheese that had come along with it was pretty darn near sublime. Coleslaw she could take or leave, but she could tell Will was enjoying it, and that worked for her.

No phone calls, either. While they were waiting for the food to arrive, her phone had rung and she’d found herself immediately tensing, but it was only Isabel calling to let her know that she would be the one taking Rosemary’s shift at the store on Monday and possibly beyond that day if necessary, since their mother had gotten in touch to let her know what was going on, and Isabel had decided she’d rather cover those hours herself. Actually, Izzie had sounded almost bubbly — for her, anyway — although that was most likely because she’d realized Caleb was the “darkness” she’d seen surrounding her sister the week before, and now he’d been exposed for what he was, he didn’t pose as much of a threat.

Rosemary almost told her sister that Caleb was dead and therefore not any kind of threat at all, but something stopped her. Maybe it was only that the investigation was ongoing, and therefore blabbing about his murder when the details hadn’t even been released to the public yet probably wasn’t a good idea. Also, revealing any of the facts about his death most likely would have also let slip that her own sister might be implicated in that death, even though she honestly had nothing to do with it. Isabel had sounded relieved, and Rosemary figured it was better to let her enjoy that feeling of relief while she could. In the very near future, the situation might change dramatically.

For the moment, though, she could only be glad that she didn’t have to worry about working at the store. Most of the time, she truly did enjoy her job, but she knew she would have been distracted if she’d had to work the next day, and wouldn’t have been able to keep her mind off Will and how he was doing.

Although, she thought as she watched him make short work of a drumstick, he seemed to have bounced back pretty damn quickly. From time to time, she noticed a hesitancy in the way he walked, as if he might have suffered a very brief bout of dizziness, but those moments didn’t occur very often. His speech wasn’t slurred, and his energy levels seemed very good. Not bad for someone who’d slammed their head basically full force into a wood floor just the night before.

The rain had slowed down but hadn’t yet let up, which made her doubly glad that they had nowhere they needed to be except right here. Of course, she and Will could also be sitting ducks here in this house, but….

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