Author: TALEDROPUS

I stared at the scheduled messages on Cal’s phone. Something happened to Josie. There’s been an accident. Josie won’t be coming in. It’s done. Tell Robert we can move everything. …

PART 10 — (END) THE MESSAGE CAL NEVER EXPECTED ME TO READ……………..At Christmas dinner my husband told his family “we” had gotten a bonus and “we” were putting Read More

PART 2 — THE SECRET CAROL KEPT FOR THIRTY-SIX YEARS I stepped into Anna’s house feeling as though I had walked straight into a memory I had buried forty years …

My dying wife asked me to find my first love as her final wish — when I learned……………….(PH) Read More

I stared at Michael, unable to understand what I had just heard. “Carol contacted you for years?” Michael looked down at the letter in his hand. “Yes.” My chest tightened. …

PART 4 — THE VISITS CAROL NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT Read More

For several seconds, Michael and I sat frozen in front of the laptop. Carol’s final words seemed to hang in the room. You need to ask Anna what happened the …

PART 6 — WHAT ANNA NEVER TOLD ME Read More

Michael and I stood beside the car with Frank Dalton’s voice coming through the phone. “Your father’s death was not an accident.” For a second, I forgot how to breathe. …

PART 8 — (END) THE CONFESSION THAT BROKE THE SILENCE…………..My dying wife asked me to find my first love as her final wish — when I learned Read More

PART 2 — THE PAPER HE NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD USE The clerk tapped one finger against the deed. “Mrs. Hale, I can’t give you legal advice from this counter.” …

My husband secretly removed me from our accounts, then laughed, “I earn…………. Read More

For several seconds, I couldn’t speak. Amanda must have thought the call had dropped. “June?” “I’m here.” Rebecca was watching my face. Michael had stopped writing. I swallowed. “Say that …

PART 4 — THE WOMAN WHO THOUGHT I WAS DEAD Read More

For a long moment, nobody said anything. I kept staring at my father’s name on Michael’s screen. RAYMOND PARKER. MANAGING MEMBER. BLUEWATER INDUSTRIAL LLC. Effective date: three years ago. My …

PART 6 — THE DEAD MAN WHO STILL OWNED A COMPANY Read More

I stared at Nolan. “You found photographs of me?” “Yes.” “How many?” “Enough.” That answer made my stomach twist. He placed several printed copies on Rebecca’s desk. I recognized every …

PART 8 — THE MAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS Read More

At 8:27 the next morning, Highway 27 South was slick with rain. Exactly like the forecast saved in the file. Exactly like Lauren Vane’s accident four years earlier. Except I …

PART 10 — (END) THE MORNING I WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE…………..My husband secretly removed me from our accounts, then laughed, “I earn……….. Read More