Murder At the Mansion (2016)
“Sylvia was dead.
Or was she?
I had to check her pulse. My body began to tremble. I reached for her wrist. Picking up her limp arm pushed me to the edge, but I kept going, and touched her still-warm flesh. No pulse. Then I reached out to her neck, willing myself to be steady. It took all my mental strength to press against her throat with two fingers. Again, no sign of life.
I felt rooted to the ground, unable to move. I looked around. Her room key was on the gold brocade bedspread. Black leathe...r walking shoes sat neatly beside each other, tucked under the still-made bed. Everything so normal, yet so completely not.
My breathing came in short, shallow gasps. I forced myself to breathe deeply and backed away from the image in the mirror, the body in the chair. I reached the entrance to the room, pulled the DO NOT DISTURB sign off the doorknob, and stepped outside. I closed the door, slipped the note over the knob, and struggled to lock it with shaking hands.
A cheerful voice said, “Hello, Kelly.”MoreLess
Or was she?
I had to check her pulse. My body began to tremble. I reached for her wrist. Picking up her limp arm pushed me to the edge, but I kept going, and touched her still-warm flesh. No pulse. Then I reached out to her neck, willing myself to be steady. It took all my mental strength to press against her throat with two fingers. Again, no sign of life.
I felt rooted to the ground, unable to move. I looked around. Her room key was on the gold brocade bedspread. Black leathe...r walking shoes sat neatly beside each other, tucked under the still-made bed. Everything so normal, yet so completely not.
My breathing came in short, shallow gasps. I forced myself to breathe deeply and backed away from the image in the mirror, the body in the chair. I reached the entrance to the room, pulled the DO NOT DISTURB sign off the doorknob, and stepped outside. I closed the door, slipped the note over the knob, and struggled to lock it with shaking hands.
A cheerful voice said, “Hello, Kelly.”MoreLess
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