The Dead Man: Hell in Heaven
“Never turned off on the exit or even seen the sign.
Because he found he liked this woman who’d gone out of her way to apologize to the stranger they’d mistaken for their prodigal son.
And he could see in her eyes that something bad was coming.
How bad he didn’t know.
If he had, he might have climbed on his bike and kept going. He might have let it carry him off a cliff. Anything but stay here and watch this road run red with blood.
Instead, he leaned in close to her frightened face. “What’s wro...ng?” he whispered.
“Will you stay?” she said. “Just for one night.”
He started to speak, but before he could get a word out she flushed a deep red. “I’m talking about staying in my guest room,” she said quickly. “I’m not some crazy old spinster addled by loneliness, desperate to be fulfilled by the travelling stud.”
“I’m not much of a travelling stud,” Matt said. “And that thought never crossed my mind.”
“It’s just that there’s something wrong here,”MoreLess
Because he found he liked this woman who’d gone out of her way to apologize to the stranger they’d mistaken for their prodigal son.
And he could see in her eyes that something bad was coming.
How bad he didn’t know.
If he had, he might have climbed on his bike and kept going. He might have let it carry him off a cliff. Anything but stay here and watch this road run red with blood.
Instead, he leaned in close to her frightened face. “What’s wro...ng?” he whispered.
“Will you stay?” she said. “Just for one night.”
He started to speak, but before he could get a word out she flushed a deep red. “I’m talking about staying in my guest room,” she said quickly. “I’m not some crazy old spinster addled by loneliness, desperate to be fulfilled by the travelling stud.”
“I’m not much of a travelling stud,” Matt said. “And that thought never crossed my mind.”
“It’s just that there’s something wrong here,”MoreLess
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