“Claire, could you come home a little earlier today? Aunt Margaret should arrive around five.
One day, my uncle suggested that we spend the afternoon by the pool. When we arrived, he leaned toward
Claire placed a plate of stewed fish in front of her husband and took the chair opposite him.
“You’re staring at that list as if the numbers might suddenly come alive and crawl across the page like
I was rolling out the twelfth cake layer at half past four in the morning. The house felt cold.
Margaret had finished preparing the room for her granddaughter in the middle of May. She had whitewashed
After changing into soft clothes, Claire prepared a quick, simple dinner, washed the dishes, and settled
Claire zipped up the empty suitcase and pushed it against the hallway wall, as if that small, ordinary
The first thing seventeen-year-old Lila Voss noticed was the red light. It was blinking above a steel
The first thing Officer Mason Rourke noticed about the woman behind the wheel was the car. A black luxury