Taylor made a couple of attempts at chitchat, then gave up and concentrated on her steak. Over coffee she said, “The only suspect I haven’t met is Marcus Cato. I’ll try to see him tomorrow. Veda says she thinks the animals were all there in July, but that’s four months ago...
“Don’t forget,” he said, “twenty minutes hot, twenty minutes cold. It’s what got me through years of baseball.” “Thanks, Doctor.” She looked over his shoulder to where her parents were cleaning up the kitchen and rolled her eyes. “Send them home. Say I want to go to bed.” “Would I be telling the ...
Miracle CHAPTER FOURTEEN VIC HAD NO IDEA how long the telephone had been ringing when she finally dragged herself from sleep to answer it. She stuck her hand out from under the covers and grabbed the thing. “Hello,” she croaked. “Vic?” “Albert?” “You sound awful. You sick?” Vic took a deep breath...
David said to Kate as they carried the last of the dishes holding the dregs of peach cobbler into the kitchen. “He seems distracted, and his color’s not good. This thing has hit him harder than he lets on.” “I hardly know the man, but he’s not what I’d call distracted. He ate a good dinner, and k...