The Kissed Corpse
“The upward sweep of rocky slope had been sodded to thick turf and expensively landscaped with exotic shrubbery and trees which God hadn’t intended to bloom this close to the desert. The layout looked as though it might easily have set Dwight back a million bucks, and the upkeep on it must have swallowed up the income from a couple more millions.
It was a good half mile to the sprawling two-story mansion flanked by tennis courts, formal gardens, and even a palm-bordered swimming pool remindful o...f pictures you see—and don’t believe—of Hollywood estates.
Burke parked in a semi-circular concrete area in front of the house and we walked down a path of marble flagstones leading beneath an arbor of climbing roses to a wide front porch with granite columns supporting a second-story balcony. The flagged walk turned off to the right and left just in front of the steps, and we paused there as we heard a shrill voice coming around from the right side of the house: “But I saw her come. Just a few minutes ago.MoreLess
It was a good half mile to the sprawling two-story mansion flanked by tennis courts, formal gardens, and even a palm-bordered swimming pool remindful o...f pictures you see—and don’t believe—of Hollywood estates.
Burke parked in a semi-circular concrete area in front of the house and we walked down a path of marble flagstones leading beneath an arbor of climbing roses to a wide front porch with granite columns supporting a second-story balcony. The flagged walk turned off to the right and left just in front of the steps, and we paused there as we heard a shrill voice coming around from the right side of the house: “But I saw her come. Just a few minutes ago.MoreLess
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