An excerpt/teaser from "Deathbed & Breakfast". After leaving Richard Forester and his granddaughter Penny in their room, Alexis hurriedly made her way downstairs and out the back door. She walked along the pathway to her quarters with purpose. In fact, she was so intent on getting to her room that she almost didn’t see the two figures standing to her left down by the water. She paused for a minute and looked over in their direction. It was the insurance salesman and the photographer. It wouldn’t have struck her as curious, except for the fact that they were very animated in their conversation, and it was obvious that they knew each other. How curious indeed. She silently moved on before they would see her. As she approached the servant’s quarters, she could see the light in Felix’s room was turned on. He was undoubtedly sitting in his recliner listening to rebroadcasts of his favorite shows from yesteryear on the local radio station. As she passed by his door, she could hear an old episode of “The Shadow” blaring on the other side. Alexis opened the door to her room and hastily latched it shut behind her. She turned on the corner lamp and strode quickly over to her closet. Opening the door, she snagged a pull chain turning on the light overhead. She stood on her toes as she reached up and started to sift through the papers and boxes piled up on the shelf above her. Her hand came to rest on a cardboard shoe box and she hesitated for a brief moment. Slowly, she pulled the shoe box down off the shelf and brought it over to her bed. She sat down and removed the lid and taking a deep breath she extracted a folded newspaper and spread it open over her knees. “MicaTek CEO Suspected of Embezzling Thousands” read the headline. Alexis peered at the picture on the front page. It showed Richard Forester in a very nice suit, coming down some stone steps in front of a courthouse, reporters all around him. Standing to his right were some MicaTek protesters holding up signs. Alexis squinted and leaned in closer, looking at the faces under the picket signs. She stopped with sudden recognition and her eyes grew wide. It was him. She knew she was not wrong. Standing closest to Richard in the photograph holding a sign that read “An Eye for an Eye” was a man she knew. He was there at the dinner table tonight. Alexis smiled and smacked her chewing gum. You can get your copy of "Deathbed & Breakfast" today in paperback at either Barnes & Noble or Amazon, as well as a Kindle formatted copy of the book for only $2.99 at Amazon. amazon/Deathbed-Breakfast-Pookotz-Sisters-ebook/dp/B00DUGZHYK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373409813&sr=1-1
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:41:04 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015