It was no mere coincidence that her leg felt better after being in Orlando for a day or two, and she looked forward to that.This time, Wynne’s arrival went unnoticed by management, both of whom were on the 16th floor seeing to a guest who had fallen ill after dinner. The hotel’s physician on call...
People could guard their words but never their face or manner. As Bruce’s survivors, she and her children were forced to carry his guilt. How could he have hoarded all those handguns and ammunition without the family knowing about it? Couldn’t they see he was dangerously mentally ill? Why had the...
After a minute or two of trying to get comfortably situated, she’d sent Celia to the love seat in the sitting area of her bedroom while she brought in their dishes and gave the kitchen a once-over. “Stop stalling,” she mumbled to herself, recognizing she was more nervous than usual. She’d enterta...
Hal asked, leaning away to cast a look of annoyance. Anna was momentarily perplexed, until realizing she had been crunching potato chips in his ear as she peered over his shoulder at the figures on his computer screen. That passed for lunch these days, as she never seemed to have time to get out ...
Then she uncoiled the air conditioner tube from its caddy and dragged it along the underbelly of the plane to its socket. With each step, she counted under her breath to calm her flaring temper. Robbie Pascal, who hired on at StarWest two years before she did, parked the baggage conveyor at the r...