Past Tense (1990)
“Sam’s nerveless fingers lost their grip on the card and it fluttered to the carpet.
Even here, she’d been followed. She wanted to scream. She wanted to throw the flowers across the room.
Instead she gulped in several deep breaths and backed slowly toward the door. Jerking the handle, she opened it and fled down the hall to her aunt’s room.
“Aunt Olivia, let me in.” She banged her fist against the heavy oak panels. “Let me in.”
The door opened so abruptly that Sam almost fell inside.
“What is it..., child?” Olivia frowned as she reached for a robe.
“The roses,” Sam gasped. The trembling started in her knees and quickly tracked up her body, leaving in its wake a clammy sweat.
“Roses?” To Sam’s amazement Olivia smiled. “Wasn’t that kind of the management to send us roses?”
Sam’s eyes widened as she saw the vase on her aunt’s bureau. White roses. “The management?” she stammered, forcing the words past the constriction in her throat. “But the note—”MoreLess
Even here, she’d been followed. She wanted to scream. She wanted to throw the flowers across the room.
Instead she gulped in several deep breaths and backed slowly toward the door. Jerking the handle, she opened it and fled down the hall to her aunt’s room.
“Aunt Olivia, let me in.” She banged her fist against the heavy oak panels. “Let me in.”
The door opened so abruptly that Sam almost fell inside.
“What is it..., child?” Olivia frowned as she reached for a robe.
“The roses,” Sam gasped. The trembling started in her knees and quickly tracked up her body, leaving in its wake a clammy sweat.
“Roses?” To Sam’s amazement Olivia smiled. “Wasn’t that kind of the management to send us roses?”
Sam’s eyes widened as she saw the vase on her aunt’s bureau. White roses. “The management?” she stammered, forcing the words past the constriction in her throat. “But the note—”MoreLess
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