He wanted to believe Molly when she had said she hadn’t known Howard but her body language betrayed her. Why had she lied to him and why had she fled his presence? He replayed their conversation in his mind, stopping at the point where she said he should keep the house. He...
"Please, have a seat, Judy." The young woman scuttled from the door to the chair and sat with her hands clasped, head bowed. A large bruise marked her pale neck. Was she trembling?He'd made sure to send the most nurturing member in the Guild, Claire, to pick Judy up from the hospital this morning...
I need to compare—yes, I know I can look some of it up on the computer, but the Wi-Fi here is unreliable. I’ve been booted from the system four times in the last five hours.” Elly paused and listened to her boss at the CDC tell her how she was needed in Chicago and there w...
The metal body gleamed now, but it was dusty and scratched when he found it in a bazaar in Afghanistan. If there had been a manufacturer's plate on it originally, it was long gone. He was sure it was one of the first thirty-five millimeters ever made, but age hadn't destroyed the perfect lens. Th...
The man shuffled out in the same manner he’d arrived, his shoulders hunched and head bowed. Bill remained at the table with him while the rest of the team left. “ That was a bust.” “Yes, I guess so...or if we look at it another way, it could be seen as the subject simply has no information.” Jim ...