"This happens a lot?" Hayden asked. "It's always something." Henry opened the front door to the apartment. "It looks like we have an audience waiting for us." "Heath, what are you doing out of bed?" Polly asked. "Are you okay?" "I'm fine. It aches a little. Rebecca wouldn'...
Since Kayla planned to spend the night with Gina and Rebecca, Polly was just as relieved not to have to deal with him sulking about the girls doing their girly things. What she wanted to do was go home and flop on the sofa for an hour or two, but there was supper and an ev...
They'd been up much too late last night chatting with Heath, who was wired higher than a kite. It made her smile to realize how far he'd come this last year. He and Henry were already gone this morning and since Jessie was going to make sure that Rebecca got to Beryl's hou...
Polly sat in her truck with the engine running, trying to warm up. The outside temperature was sixty-seven degrees, but she'd been chilled to the bone. She took a deep breath and turned around to look before backing up, then remembered the backup camera. She'd gotten more used to using it, but it...
"You're going to let me get away with not telling you what happened?" she asked. None of them said a word; they kept moving items around and talking about the pieces they were seeing. Beryl was shooting a picture of a Mickey Mouse Pez dispenser while Sylvie waited to bring it to Polly for input, ...
After he walked away, she said, "You've got some good friends in this town. People like you a lot." "Sal, I can't tell you how glad I am to be settling in here. I don't think I ever appreciated small town Iowa until I came back to it. When I was young, I couldn't wait to go away to college and st...
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Are the rumors true?" Andrew came in from the other door and grinned. "I don't have to be quiet any more, do I!" "What rumors are those?" Polly asked her friend. "Is it true that you found Cindy Rothenfuss dead on the highway?" "She was in a cornfield, but yes. Andrew and ...
Doctor Mason was following the gurney holding Sarah Heater outside. Rebecca stood in the doorway with tears streaming down her face. Sarah saw Polly and stopped the EMT beside her, then weakly beckoned Polly to her side. “What’s happened?” Polly asked. &n...
Why did you let me fall asleep?” she cried out. “I figured you needed it.” Henry waved a piece of pizza back and forth in front of her face. “It’s about time, though. I thought I was going to have eat the entire thing by myself.” “But I’m never goin...
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"Polly!" Andrew yelled from Henry's office. "When did you get home?" She waited for the two kids to come in to the media room and said, "We got back late this morning. How was your day?" "Are you tired? Did you have fun? Did you guys really drive all night long?" "Yes. Yes. Yes." Andrew looked at...
There was the ace of diamonds! Polly was in her office Friday afternoon playing a game of Solitaire on her computer. Things had been quiet the last couple of days. Elise had taken Leia in and seemed to love having the companionship even though Polly worried a little bit about getting her kitten b...