Stranded
“For that matter, the door wasn’t even locked. He knew Jessica was home, because her car was in the driveway. He didn’t want to bark at her because she forgot the alarm, but such carelessness coming on top of a day like this one made his nerves twice as jumpy.
“Jessica?” he called. Her things had been dumped on the chair and her shoes sat off to one side. He looked around the room, then called upstairs. “Jess?”
Maybe she was in the kitchen. He started to walk to the dining room when the ...open patio door caught his eye and he veered that direction.
He found her standing still as death in the yard, rain falling on her head, bare feet buried in the grass. By the looks of her hair, she’d been standing there a while. But it was what was all around her that shook his soul.
Someone had ravaged the garden, butchering every plant and flower with what looked like unbridled rage. A million petals lay on the ground, on the paths, on the grass.MoreLess
“Jessica?” he called. Her things had been dumped on the chair and her shoes sat off to one side. He looked around the room, then called upstairs. “Jess?”
Maybe she was in the kitchen. He started to walk to the dining room when the ...open patio door caught his eye and he veered that direction.
He found her standing still as death in the yard, rain falling on her head, bare feet buried in the grass. By the looks of her hair, she’d been standing there a while. But it was what was all around her that shook his soul.
Someone had ravaged the garden, butchering every plant and flower with what looked like unbridled rage. A million petals lay on the ground, on the paths, on the grass.MoreLess
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