All That Glitters (2015)
“I’d expected something with more glitz and glitter. The single-story sat on an acre of land surrounded by a wrought-iron gate.
I stopped beside a speaker tucked into a stone pillar. I pressed the button, ignoring the tight-lipped look of humiliation on Laura’s face, no doubt over the heap we were driving.
“Yes!” Christine sounded like she’d raced to answer my buzz.
“It’s Jake Donovan and Laura Wilson. Do you have a few moments, Christine?”
She didn’t reply, but a moment later, the gate swung op...en and I drove along a redbrick driveway. The turn-of-the-century white stucco one-story was smaller than the lavish grounds suggested.
I shut off the sputtering engine and climbed out. At the passenger side, I yanked on the door. The hinges screamed like a monkey at the Bronx Zoo.
Christine greeted us in fuzzy green slippers and a white terry-cloth robe. “I was taking a nap.”
Laura squeezed Christine’s hand. “We’re so sorry to bother you on your day off.”
With a quick glance toward our Model T, Christine flashed a disapproving sneer.MoreLess
I stopped beside a speaker tucked into a stone pillar. I pressed the button, ignoring the tight-lipped look of humiliation on Laura’s face, no doubt over the heap we were driving.
“Yes!” Christine sounded like she’d raced to answer my buzz.
“It’s Jake Donovan and Laura Wilson. Do you have a few moments, Christine?”
She didn’t reply, but a moment later, the gate swung op...en and I drove along a redbrick driveway. The turn-of-the-century white stucco one-story was smaller than the lavish grounds suggested.
I shut off the sputtering engine and climbed out. At the passenger side, I yanked on the door. The hinges screamed like a monkey at the Bronx Zoo.
Christine greeted us in fuzzy green slippers and a white terry-cloth robe. “I was taking a nap.”
Laura squeezed Christine’s hand. “We’re so sorry to bother you on your day off.”
With a quick glance toward our Model T, Christine flashed a disapproving sneer.MoreLess
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