Maggie screamed involuntarily and ran back for the cover of the ditch. She vaulted over the fence. This time her foot caught on the rail, and she stumbled forward. She let her momentum carry her onward and rolled back into the ditch. She had come all this way for nothing. ...
He hoped that she had cooled down enough to talk about whatever it was that was bothering her. Anger over her comments had taken root for a while, but it soon faded. This wasn’t the first time that Jennifer had blown up, and if they continued their lives together, it wouldn’t be the last. She usu...
Andrew said as he placed the cell phone back in his pocket. “She knew we were coming. She wouldn’t have just left.” He had already attempted to reach her twice, once on the road and once in front of her building. After a cursory scan of the area, they decided to investigate. Marcus went upstairs ...
Marcus could tell that it was a man, but little else could be discerned through the increasing snowfall. It appeared that the man had a cell phone to his ear. “It’s not a Camry,” he said. Vasques lowered her binoculars and said, “It could definitely pass for one in the dar...
The smell of ozone and pollen filled the air from the recent summer storm. The rain had dissipated, but the fog still clung to the earth like a blanket. Almeida couldn’t even see the river through the mist, but he heard the slapping of water against the base of the precipice below. He waved smell...