Cast a Blue Shadow
“AS THE SKIES cleared briefly, Caroline Branden gunned the engine in her Miata and slid sideways to a stop in the parking lot of Evelyn Carson’s building. She got out in deep snow, kicked angrily at the ice packs around her back tires, and then opened the trunk of the car. The bright sun seemed incongruous with the cold air and snow, since to Caroline, after nearly thirty years in northern Ohio, cold weather spoke mostly of cloudy skies.
She popped the zipper of her coat up to the top and pu...lled her hood over her head. From the trunk of her car, she retrieved the things she had gathered from Martha’s room, and closed the lid. Sliding her boots through the snow, she followed the path made earlier to the side door of the Victorian house, and inside, she stomped her feet to knock off snow and ice.
On the second floor, she pushed through the door into Evelyn Carson’s office, her arms wrapped around the well-stuffed travel bag, Martha’s bucket of toiletries, the camera bag, and a now-wrinkled photograph of a smiling Amish man.MoreLess
She popped the zipper of her coat up to the top and pu...lled her hood over her head. From the trunk of her car, she retrieved the things she had gathered from Martha’s room, and closed the lid. Sliding her boots through the snow, she followed the path made earlier to the side door of the Victorian house, and inside, she stomped her feet to knock off snow and ice.
On the second floor, she pushed through the door into Evelyn Carson’s office, her arms wrapped around the well-stuffed travel bag, Martha’s bucket of toiletries, the camera bag, and a now-wrinkled photograph of a smiling Amish man.MoreLess
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