The Night That Changed Everything (2011)
“Edie demanded.
The Thai woman on the other end of the phone connection didn’t speak particularly good English, which gave Edie hope that she might have heard wrong. But when the woman repeated her words, the meaning was the same the second time around.
“Miz Tremayne go away for work. Not here.”
“But it’s barely light,” Edie protested. “What on earth time did she go?”
“She go last night.”
“Last night? But she didn’t mention anything yesterday.”
“Change of plan,” the woman said. She didn’t sound ...as if it was any big deal. Probably for her it wasn’t.
“When’s she coming back?”
“Don’t know. Three, four, five days maybe. They go to mountains.”
“Mountains?” That didn’t sound good. And they were going to be gone days? “But I need to talk to her.”
She was only calling the phone at the house Mona had rented because she had already tried Mona’s mobile phone half a dozen times. Each time it had gone directly to voice mail.
At first she’d thought her mother was simply avoiding her.MoreLess
The Thai woman on the other end of the phone connection didn’t speak particularly good English, which gave Edie hope that she might have heard wrong. But when the woman repeated her words, the meaning was the same the second time around.
“Miz Tremayne go away for work. Not here.”
“But it’s barely light,” Edie protested. “What on earth time did she go?”
“She go last night.”
“Last night? But she didn’t mention anything yesterday.”
“Change of plan,” the woman said. She didn’t sound ...as if it was any big deal. Probably for her it wasn’t.
“When’s she coming back?”
“Don’t know. Three, four, five days maybe. They go to mountains.”
“Mountains?” That didn’t sound good. And they were going to be gone days? “But I need to talk to her.”
She was only calling the phone at the house Mona had rented because she had already tried Mona’s mobile phone half a dozen times. Each time it had gone directly to voice mail.
At first she’d thought her mother was simply avoiding her.MoreLess
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