New release sample: BRIGHTEN YOUR CORNER
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“What in the world …” Cilla sat forward, restingher hands on the dashboard, as Melba navigated the corner onto their street, preparingto pull into the driveway of their duplex.
“What? Who’s—is that Heinrich?” Melba tapped thebrake, but Heinrich and the young man he stomped after, up the driveway, steppedonto the sidewalk before she pulled in. Not that she would ever willingly hit Heinrich,or even tap him with the bumper, but she thought some honest fear might be goodfor the old curmudgeon. She swore he had been impossible to live with ever sinceCilla turned him down in eleventh grade and went to the prom with Eddie McGillicutty.
“Is that David?”
Melba didn’t turn her head to look. She pulledinto her usual parking spot in front of the garage, put the car into park, and turnedoff the ignition first. By the time she got the door open, Cilla was sliding outof the passenger seat. David walked down the driveway to meet them, alone. Heinrichwasn’t visible, out in front of the house, but Melba thought she heard his stomping,slapping footsteps and his grumbling voice as he headed back to his house threedriveways down the street.
“Gee, I come over here enough times, you’d thinkthe neighborhood watchdog would recognize me by now,” David greeted them, and grinned.
“He’s just being a good neighbor,” Cilla said.“You were walking around the house, weren’t you? Checking the doors and windows,like you always do?”
“Well, yeah. Gotta look out for you, y’know?”He shrugged. “I’d feel a lot better about you both if you’d let me install thathome security system my company designed. Especially with all the weird stuff that’sbeen going on in town lately. Who’d ever have thought sleepy little Cadburn wouldhave murders?”
“We appreciate your concern, but we’re fine.”She patted his hand. “Now, I’ll just bet you’re here to follow up on that messageyou left before. Not to worry. We got our investigator friend working on the problem.She says we’re well protected against Charlotte’s schemes, thanks to all the preparationwe’ve been doing for our business.”
