What She Forgot by Margaret Lashley

Author:Margaret Lashley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 1949989046
Publisher: Zazzy Ideas, Inc.
Published: 2019-10-25T22:00:00+00:00

DEANNA SHOWERED, DRESSED, and fixed herself a mug of coffee. Detectives Blatch and Smalls would be arriving in little more than an hour. She dared a peek through the front blinds. In the dim, soft gray of morning, the dark sedan from last night was nowhere to be seen.

Desperate for a moment of calm before the storm she had to face, Deanna slipped on her trench coat, grabbed her coffee mug, and cautiously slipped out the front door. She crossed the street to the seawall and sat, legs dangling, sipping her coffee and watching the sun rise over Coffee Pot Bayou.

The morning was quiet and still, as if holding its breath in anticipation. Even Bird Island was silent. Come next spring, the miniature jungle of mangroves would be the nesting grounds of hundreds of squabbling brown pelicans, white ibis, and cormorants. But on this calm November morning, the island was as silent as the sun, which was just beginning to cast its pink glow on the horizon.

A light breeze accompanied the sunrise. It swept across the bayou and toyed with Deanna’s curls, carrying with it earthy hints of turtle grass and richly tannic water. This was the scent Deanna most associated with her hometown of St. Petersburg—mainly because it was a scent unencumbered by bad memories.

Deanna breathed it in deeply, then swung her legs from the seawall and stood. She wanted to get back inside the house before this lovely scent became tarnished, too—guilty by association with future memories of what would surely be a most unpleasant day ahead.

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