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Authors: Linwood Barclay
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out of Garfield’s eye.
She spotted a small bump in the pool of blood. She stuck her fingers into it and lifted up her earring. The parrot looked a seagull caught in a red oil spill. She dropped the earring into her handbag, and went back out the front door.
She got in her car.
She got her keys out of her bag.
She turned the key in the ignition.
As she was driving away, looking ahead, she saw a police car turn the corner.
No no no no.
As it approached, Keisha wondered how visible the bloodstains were, splattered across the front of her dress. Would the policeman notice them as they passed each other? Why hadn’t she had her car windows tinted?
The police car got closer. There were two officers inside. A woman was behind the wheel, with a man in the passenger seat.
Just look ahead, she told herself, as if you don’t care. Be cool.
The cars came alongside one another.
As the police car slid past, Keisha was certain no one looked across at her. She kept her eyes to the front. Then, seconds later, she glanced in the rear-view mirror, expecting the patrol car’s brake lights to come on. At any moment, the car would turn around and come after her, its lights flashing.
Nothing happened. The police car drove on, pulling over to the side of the road out in front of the Garfield house.
Keisha put on her indicator, and turned left at the corner.
She was safe.
It was a lesson learned.
Winona
She’d drifted off during a TV wildlife special. It was something about the rain forests. She’d never been all that interested in the rain forests.
Only a few minutes into sleep, Winona Simpson woke with a start.
Her heart was pounding. She reached under the various necklaces she always wore and put her palm between her breasts, to feel the rapid beating.
That was some nightmare.
It was so real, so frightening.
No, she thought, it was not a nightmare.
It was something else.
She’d had a vision. That was the way they often came to her – as she slept.
Winona blinked a couple of times, trying to bring into focus the images in her head.
She drew in a sharp breath.
‘Oh, Keisha,’ she said. ‘What on earth have you done?’
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She got in her car.
She got her keys out of her bag.
She turned the key in the ignition.
As she was driving away, looking ahead, she saw a police car turn the corner.
No no no no.
As it approached, Keisha wondered how visible the bloodstains were, splattered across the front of her dress. Would the policeman notice them as they passed each other? Why hadn’t she had her car windows tinted?
The police car got closer. There were two officers inside. A woman was behind the wheel, with a man in the passenger seat.
Just look ahead, she told herself, as if you don’t care. Be cool.
The cars came alongside one another.
As the police car slid past, Keisha was certain no one looked across at her. She kept her eyes to the front. Then, seconds later, she glanced in the rear-view mirror, expecting the patrol car’s brake lights to come on. At any moment, the car would turn around and come after her, its lights flashing.
Nothing happened. The police car drove on, pulling over to the side of the road out in front of the Garfield house.
Keisha put on her indicator, and turned left at the corner.
She was safe.
It was a lesson learned.
Winona
She’d drifted off during a TV wildlife special. It was something about the rain forests. She’d never been all that interested in the rain forests.
Only a few minutes into sleep, Winona Simpson woke with a start.
Her heart was pounding. She reached under the various necklaces she always wore and put her palm between her breasts, to feel the rapid beating.
That was some nightmare.
It was so real, so frightening.
No, she thought, it was not a nightmare.
It was something else.
She’d had a vision. That was the way they often came to her – as she slept.
Winona blinked a couple of times, trying to bring into focus the images in her head.
She drew in a sharp breath.
‘Oh, Keisha,’ she said. ‘What on earth have you done?’
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