Shades of Evil
“With luck, she’d be working. He guessed it would take more than her husband’s release from a police cell to stop Alison earning commission.
As he knocked on the door, he wondered if every father did that. Frank had three other children and, when visiting their homes, he simply walked round to the back door, pushed it open and shouted out to announce his arrival. They didn’t mind. If they’d considered it an invasion of their privacy, they would have said so.
There was no response so he k...nocked again. He was about to turn round and go home when his son’s dog ambled into view.
‘Hello, Cally. Is he round the back?’ Frank walked up the path between house and garage, and saw Steve shovelling snow from the patio.
When his son straightened, Frank realized that Ruth hadn’t been exaggerating. She’d called in yesterday afternoon and said he’d looked worse than she’d ever seen him.MoreLess
As he knocked on the door, he wondered if every father did that. Frank had three other children and, when visiting their homes, he simply walked round to the back door, pushed it open and shouted out to announce his arrival. They didn’t mind. If they’d considered it an invasion of their privacy, they would have said so.
There was no response so he k...nocked again. He was about to turn round and go home when his son’s dog ambled into view.
‘Hello, Cally. Is he round the back?’ Frank walked up the path between house and garage, and saw Steve shovelling snow from the patio.
When his son straightened, Frank realized that Ruth hadn’t been exaggerating. She’d called in yesterday afternoon and said he’d looked worse than she’d ever seen him.MoreLess
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