Tara felt the little ghost’s empathy as if she’d been hugged. “Yes, well, I’m sorry, too. Thanks to you and Millicent, I’ve managed to get away from him both times, but my luck can’t hold forever. If only you could tell me where your body is buried, it would open an investigation and the guilty party, whom I suspect is your brother Emmit, would be caught.”
Like before, an image of upturned earth and a pile of leaves flashed through Tara’s mind.
“Okay. I get that the killer dug a hole, and that it was probably in the fall, because there were leaves all over the ground. But where? No. Wait. I know you were buried in the back yard.” Then she grimaced. “Imagine my joy in learning that. What I meant was, I don’t know where in the back yard.”
Another image of the backyard flashed in Tara’s mind. It was like looking at a postcard someone had sent her. In this instance, the postcard had come from DeeDee.
“I already know it’s in our backyard. But it’s huge. I can’t just start digging holes. I don’t know how deep the hole was where you were buried, or where to start looking.”
Sadness swept through Tara so fast that she was crying before she knew it.
“Oh, DeeDee,” Tara whispered, as she swiped at the tears on her cheeks. “I’m not giving up. I’m just talking out loud.”
Within the space of a heartbeat, she found herself alone.
“Bummer,” Tara muttered. “What a way to start the weekend.”
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About Sharon Sala
Sharon Sala’s stories are often dark, dealing with the realities of this world, and yet she’s able to weave hope and love within the words for the readers who clamor for her latest works.
Her books repeatedly make the big lists, including The New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and Waldenbooks Mass market fiction, and she’s been nominated for a RITA seven times, which is the romance writer’s equivalent of having an OSCAR or an EMMY nomination.
Always an optimist in the face of bad times, many of the stories she writes come to her in dreams, but there’s nothing fanciful about her work. She puts her faith in God, still trusts in love and the belief that, no matter what, everything comes full circle.
Visit her at http://sharonsalabooks.com and on Facebook.
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