Homing
“Quarter past eleven, and there had been no sign of Julie since breakfast.
But why should that surprise her? After all, for the last two days, nothing on the farm had felt quite right, nothing had been normal.
Karen still shuddered every time she thought about Otto Owen's death.
Scorpions.
The very word sent shivers through her body now. Ever since she'd heard the results of the autopsy, she'd imagined them everywhere on the farm, lurking in the corners of the house, hiding under... every rock on the property.
"But that's crazy," Russell had insisted when they talked about it yesterday. "They're here, of course they're pretty much everywhere where the climate is fairly dry. But they're more afraid of you than you are of them, and they do their best to stay hidden." "Well, they didn't stay hidden from Otto!" Karen had insisted. "My God, just to @ think of it gives me the willies!MoreLess
But why should that surprise her? After all, for the last two days, nothing on the farm had felt quite right, nothing had been normal.
Karen still shuddered every time she thought about Otto Owen's death.
Scorpions.
The very word sent shivers through her body now. Ever since she'd heard the results of the autopsy, she'd imagined them everywhere on the farm, lurking in the corners of the house, hiding under... every rock on the property.
"But that's crazy," Russell had insisted when they talked about it yesterday. "They're here, of course they're pretty much everywhere where the climate is fairly dry. But they're more afraid of you than you are of them, and they do their best to stay hidden." "Well, they didn't stay hidden from Otto!" Karen had insisted. "My God, just to @ think of it gives me the willies!MoreLess
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