Chapter 16 – SRT

Chapter 16 – SRT

Janet Mason

Early Thursday Afternoon, February 12th

Morelville, Ohio

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As we drove south, away from the bar, Barb was silent. She sat, half turned in the passenger seat, looking back until The Boar’s Head slipped from view. Finally, she spun back around but she stared straight ahead, not really seeing, just lost inside her own thoughts.

“Mel will do everything in her power to get it back Barb; get it back today.”

She didn’t look at me as she responded, “If they leave anything for me to have back.”

We drove the rest of the way to Morelville in silence. When I reached the edge of the village, I asked, “Can you tell me where we’re going please?”

Barb pointed ahead. “Turn right at the next block.”

I did as she said.

“It’s the colonial half a mile down on the right.”

Just outside……