She sat on the big front porch at the O’Malleys’ lake house, surrounded by woods and glistening lake water, with her phone resting on the wide wooden arm of a rocking chair. She’d been rocking and thinking since she’d finished her morning coffee. For the past hour, as the sun had risen over the l...
The glow of the overhead lightbulb was about all the cheer he could take. Sitting with Ann at the kitchen table, once again packed and ready to leave, he just needed to say a few goodbyes and be on his way. He’d like to tell the Hughes children goodbye, but Hannah wouldn’t allow it. He’d have to ...
She was supposed to have roused Lisa every two hours. But instead, she’d poked and prodded the patient every few minutes all night long, scared to let her sleep at all. So, Josie wasn’t in the best of moods when Mike showed up at seven that morning.“How’s the patient?”Too exhausted to talk, she p...