Killing Her Softly
“Springtime birds chirped happily and all along the winding brick walkway leading to the front portico of Vanderley Hall, dew-kissed yellow daffodils glistened in the morning sunlight. Annabelle opened the double French doors leading to the balcony and stepped outside for a closer look at this momentous day—the day Louisa Margaret Vanderley would be laid to rest alongside generations of her ancestors in the private family cemetery. But the burial wouldn't take place until after a lengthy and hea...rt-wrenching funeral at the Austinville Presbyterian Church on High Street.Today would be a day for remembering the good times, the happy moments of Lulu's life. Uncle Louis had asked Annabelle to give the eulogy. She had known he would— had dreaded that he would—but after her father's death, she had accepted the fact that it fell to her to take over his role of family caretaker. Caretaker of the Vanderley name, the Vanderley fortune and the members of the Vanderley family.Long after Aunt Perdita went to her own room last night, Annabelle had stayed up working on the eulogy.MoreLess
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