The Mermaid Collector
“Beverly surveyed it all with a pervasive sense of detachment. She hated how out of place she felt here. She never expected to feel so out of place. Of course, her accommodations, a disaster from the start, didn’t help matters, not to mention her host, who seemed entirely ill-equipped to manage a handful of cottages, and his daughter, who had the manners of a feral cat. It was a wonder he’d managed to stay in business. She still couldn’t fathom how Frank had associated with them, let alone been ...related by marriage. No wonder he’d kept them such a secret.
But she hadn’t come here to make friends, Beverly reminded herself as she scanned the village green until she saw the squat, shingled building to the right of the square bearing its carved wooden sign: THE CRADLE HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM. Beverly climbed out of the car, clutching her purse against her side, needing something to hold on to as she walked across the street to the museum. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d been so nervous.MoreLess
But she hadn’t come here to make friends, Beverly reminded herself as she scanned the village green until she saw the squat, shingled building to the right of the square bearing its carved wooden sign: THE CRADLE HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM. Beverly climbed out of the car, clutching her purse against her side, needing something to hold on to as she walked across the street to the museum. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d been so nervous.MoreLess
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