Murder Mile High
“For one instant my own heart stopped. A tidal wave of emotion rushed through me, leaving my knees weak. I clutched the doorknob, staring at that round third eye. It was as if I had time-traveled back ten years, with Tony’s gun smoking in my hand after my feeble attempt to kill him, as if everything between that moment and the present had been wiped out, and I was that terrified young woman again.
Then it washed away, and I recognized the emotion that flooded me. Relief.
Amy screamed. The present snapped back around me like a rubber band.
I put an arm around Amy, turning her horrified gaze away from Tony’s body. Cold night air poured through the open door; across the street, Barker hurled himself against the car window, yelping furiously. My mother cried out from the bedroom.
“Don’t let Mom get up. Don’t let her come out here.” I squeezed Amy’s shoulders and nudged her toward the hallway. “You’ll have to get a grip on yourself.”
Amy drew a deep, shuddering breath. “I—I—was it a dead ma...n, Aunt Liz?”MoreLess
Then it washed away, and I recognized the emotion that flooded me. Relief.
Amy screamed. The present snapped back around me like a rubber band.
I put an arm around Amy, turning her horrified gaze away from Tony’s body. Cold night air poured through the open door; across the street, Barker hurled himself against the car window, yelping furiously. My mother cried out from the bedroom.
“Don’t let Mom get up. Don’t let her come out here.” I squeezed Amy’s shoulders and nudged her toward the hallway. “You’ll have to get a grip on yourself.”
Amy drew a deep, shuddering breath. “I—I—was it a dead ma...n, Aunt Liz?”MoreLess
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