He could see the fine copperplate of the
numbers the smaller needle at the bottom which recorded tenths of seconds, he
could see the brand name printed in tiny letters: ANNEX. Paul knew that even an
exhaustive analysis would turn up precious few traces of blood - his car had
spent most of the spring with snowmelt running through it at
flood-speed.
"Annie laughed
cheerily "Then I got stuck in a snowbank - this was around midnight - but a
sanding-crew from the Eustice Public Works Department came along and helped me
out.
That is crazy, he told himself, and then he heard thought he did - a little rustling sound, the sound of a womans starched skirt, perhaps, brushing lightly against the wall.
That is crazy, he told himself, and then he heard thought he did - a little rustling sound, the sound of a womans starched skirt, perhaps, brushing lightly against the wall.