The Mysterious Stranger (Triple Trouble) - Plot & Excerpts
Anna Jane said. Jarrett glanced up and smiled obligingly. The nine-year-old raised her new disposable camera to her right eye and pushed the button. When the picture was taken, she grinned. “This is fun.” He had to agree. The living room looked as if there’d been a whirlwind through the place. Wrapping paper, empty boxes, bows and tags were scattered all around. Piles of presents teetered in different corners of the room. Again he was reminded of how things could have been if he’d allowed himself to accept his sister’s invitations. Yet he’d deliberately withdrawn. Had it been a form of punishment? The thought hadn’t occurred to him before, but now that he mulled it over, it made sense. Despite the fact that he had tried to make things right with Charlotte and that he’d never wanted anything to happen to her, he still blamed himself for her death. A voice in his head kept telling him he should have known she was unstable before he ever started their affair. There hadn’t been any outward clues, but he was supposed to be good with people.
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