Vespers
“Gentry said.
The detective was driving slowly through the early evening dark. The sky was blue-black, and a very bright, clear star was already up in the northwest. Gentry’s goal was a wooded area just off of Route 32 North. Located nearly a mile northeast of Dr. Lipman’s home, that was where the newspaper article said the dead bat had been found. Gentry didn’t know what Nancy expected to find there some eight years later, and she didn’t say. But he agreed that since they were in the area it wa...s probably worth a look.
The young woman was sitting with her knees up against the dashboard. She was holding a rough map the pediatrician had drawn for them on a sheet of prescription paper.
“It’s Jupiter,” Joyce said.
“Pardon?”
“The planet outside your window.”
“What about it?”
“I saw you looking at it. I thought you were going to ask if I knew what it was.”
“No, that wasn’t my question. My dad had been in the navy-he used to point out all the planets and stars.”MoreLess
The detective was driving slowly through the early evening dark. The sky was blue-black, and a very bright, clear star was already up in the northwest. Gentry’s goal was a wooded area just off of Route 32 North. Located nearly a mile northeast of Dr. Lipman’s home, that was where the newspaper article said the dead bat had been found. Gentry didn’t know what Nancy expected to find there some eight years later, and she didn’t say. But he agreed that since they were in the area it wa...s probably worth a look.
The young woman was sitting with her knees up against the dashboard. She was holding a rough map the pediatrician had drawn for them on a sheet of prescription paper.
“It’s Jupiter,” Joyce said.
“Pardon?”
“The planet outside your window.”
“What about it?”
“I saw you looking at it. I thought you were going to ask if I knew what it was.”
“No, that wasn’t my question. My dad had been in the navy-he used to point out all the planets and stars.”MoreLess
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