Broken Fall: a D.I. Harland Novella
“Clean smells lingered in the air – furniture polish, Imperial Leather soap, traditional bay rum aftershave – and the whole house was scrupulously neat, suggesting someone who always took the time to put things away. Despite the order, there were personal touches everywhere – an ornate model sailing ship on the sideboard, the barometer in the hallway, and the framed parchment map of the West Indies in the dining room … but there were also echoes of someone else. A delicate vase on the hallstand,... lacy covers on the heavy wooden furniture, a crystal rose bowl by the window. Albert hadn't always been alone. There was one old photograph – an athletic-looking man with rolled-up shirtsleeves and Brylcreemed hair, holding hands with a smiling woman in a sundress, and two children – a boy and a girl – playing at their feet. It sat on a small table beside the single reclining easy chair, an age-faded enlargement in a silver frame. Tiny memories, too precious to let go, all that remained of a former life.MoreLess
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