Dead By Midnight
“The tide was out. Sunbathers stretched on towels. Sun-reclusive vacationers lounged in blue canvas chairs beneath red umbrellas. Joggers clipped along hard-packed gray sand exposed by the outgoing tide. Surfers paddled out to catch the first wave. Dolphins flashed in the sun, silver gray and lovely. Annie spotted tendrils of dark hair poking from beneath a battered straw hat at the third lifeguard stand.
She skirted two brawny teenagers tossing a football. She came around the back of the stand.... “Laura.”
The straw hat tilted as Laura looked down. Sunglasses masked her eyes. Her face appeared rigid, cheekbones jutting, lips unsmiling. There was a suggestion of banked anger and possibly fear. “Yes?”
“I’m Annie Darling. I—”
“You were at the house Tuesday. You made the police suspicious of Elaine. And today”—her tone was accusatory—“you came to see Cleo.”
Annie felt a ripple of anger, but she kept her voice pleasant. “I’m trying to help Elaine.”
Laura’s mouth curved down in disdain.MoreLess
She skirted two brawny teenagers tossing a football. She came around the back of the stand.... “Laura.”
The straw hat tilted as Laura looked down. Sunglasses masked her eyes. Her face appeared rigid, cheekbones jutting, lips unsmiling. There was a suggestion of banked anger and possibly fear. “Yes?”
“I’m Annie Darling. I—”
“You were at the house Tuesday. You made the police suspicious of Elaine. And today”—her tone was accusatory—“you came to see Cleo.”
Annie felt a ripple of anger, but she kept her voice pleasant. “I’m trying to help Elaine.”
Laura’s mouth curved down in disdain.MoreLess
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