Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (V1.2)
“She’d enjoyed the ride, not having ever ridden on a bus before except for the summer she’d spent at horse camp. And the driver had been very nice to her, once she’d handed over a twenty-dollar tip as he glared at the pile of luggage he was expected to load into the compartment beneath the bus.She’d struck up a conversation with a young woman also traveling to Allentown , heading home from a visit with her boyfriend. Brenda was a bubbly sort, talkative enough for both of them, and Shelby felt she’d handled her end of the conversation very well, including the fib that she was heading to Allentown to start a new job—managing a McDonald’s. Shelby could think of a “normal” sort of employment, but she still thought at management level.Brenda had been met by her parents, who then drove away, waving good-bye, and Shelby suddenly realized that she was now very much alone in a strange city, in a not-very-nice section of that city.She walked to the sidewalk and looked up the street— all the way ...up the street—to the signpost marking the closest LANTA bus stop.She could have taken a taxi, but taxis could be traced, as anyone who’d ever read a detective novel knew, and Shelby had read her share.MoreLess
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