Low Pressure
“Bellamy stood frozen, her gaze fixed on Moody as he hauled himself up out of his chair, wove his way over to the screened door, pushed it open, and stepped out onto his sorry excuse for a porch.
Tilting his face skyward, he remarked, “Looks like we finally may get some rain.”
Dent glanced out the nearest window and noticed that clouds had gathered in the west, blocking out the setting sun. The atmosphere inside the cabin was gloomy, but due less to the weather than to Moody’s disturbing disclos...ure.
When he came back inside, the screened door shut behind him with a loud clap that caused Bellamy to jump. As though there had been no suspension of conversation, she asked gruffly, “You think I killed her?”
Moody halted and, swaying on his feet, eyed her up and down. “You? No.”
“But you said . . . you said . . .”
“I said that if you saw her with her purse in her hand, you had to have seen her before the tornado struck.”
“Maybe you got it wrong,” Dent said. “Maybe the purse was found at the scene, and you’re too drunk now to remember where you got it and when.”MoreLess
Tilting his face skyward, he remarked, “Looks like we finally may get some rain.”
Dent glanced out the nearest window and noticed that clouds had gathered in the west, blocking out the setting sun. The atmosphere inside the cabin was gloomy, but due less to the weather than to Moody’s disturbing disclos...ure.
When he came back inside, the screened door shut behind him with a loud clap that caused Bellamy to jump. As though there had been no suspension of conversation, she asked gruffly, “You think I killed her?”
Moody halted and, swaying on his feet, eyed her up and down. “You? No.”
“But you said . . . you said . . .”
“I said that if you saw her with her purse in her hand, you had to have seen her before the tornado struck.”
“Maybe you got it wrong,” Dent said. “Maybe the purse was found at the scene, and you’re too drunk now to remember where you got it and when.”MoreLess
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