Three Times Lucky
“she said, squeezing me tight. “What’s wrong?”
“Where’s the Colonel?” I pushed free, ran across the living room, and threw open the Colonel’s door. “Colonel?” His closet stood open, his shirts exactly three inches apart on the clothes bar, his shoes snapped to attention underneath. Olive-drab blankets stretched tight across his empty bunk. “Where is he?”
“Gone,” she said, dabbing cold cream from her face. “Again.”
“Now?” I said. “Gone where?”
“I’m not sure,” she said. “I’d barely walked in befor...e he rushed out, muttering something about offense and defense and taking the fight to the enemy. That man makes me so angry I can’t hear half of what he says. Some days I can barely see his lips move.”
“Miss Lana,” I said, “there’s a man at my window.”
“I saw him too,” Dale said.
She looked from Dale to me. “You’re serious,” she gasped. She shrugged into her robe as she rushed to my room. She checked my dead bolt and then hurried through the house, checking doors and windows.MoreLess
“Where’s the Colonel?” I pushed free, ran across the living room, and threw open the Colonel’s door. “Colonel?” His closet stood open, his shirts exactly three inches apart on the clothes bar, his shoes snapped to attention underneath. Olive-drab blankets stretched tight across his empty bunk. “Where is he?”
“Gone,” she said, dabbing cold cream from her face. “Again.”
“Now?” I said. “Gone where?”
“I’m not sure,” she said. “I’d barely walked in befor...e he rushed out, muttering something about offense and defense and taking the fight to the enemy. That man makes me so angry I can’t hear half of what he says. Some days I can barely see his lips move.”
“Miss Lana,” I said, “there’s a man at my window.”
“I saw him too,” Dale said.
She looked from Dale to me. “You’re serious,” she gasped. She shrugged into her robe as she rushed to my room. She checked my dead bolt and then hurried through the house, checking doors and windows.MoreLess
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