““I’m sorry you had to see this, Eileen. There really was no reason for you to come down here. We could have done this at the morgue.” “I asked Eileen to come,” Frank interrupted. “I wanted her to take in the scene. Perhaps she will notice something that none of us would.” Eileen frowned. Notice something? Notice what? The clearing where Jack’s body had been found was just about the creepiest place she’d ever seen. Not only was the place covered in snow, but the few tree branches that had shaken... off the thick blanket of white were black and appeared to resemble a skeleton’s eerie bones, reaching out to touch the mere mortals trudging all around the woods. The rope where Jack’s body had hung suspended was still attached to the tree limb, and a ladder had been placed against its trunk, probably to retrieve the body from the noose. Covered by a single blanket lay the man who had haunted her memories for years now, and when finally Burt slipped away enough to reveal Jack’s face, she winced at the sight of him.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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