“Ugh.” I had a feeling he meant it and hoped passionately that this drastic step would never have to be taken. Grave robbing just wasn’t in the cards.
But about Halfbeard’s character, Kelvin and I agreed. The man had been a damned villain and a murderer.
The cat mewed at me, patting the book with his paw.
“You think I should read more?”
The cat almost shrugged.
“Later then. You want to go outside?”
Barney knows the word outside and jumped to his feet and barked happily.
“Okay, come on.”
Reading Kelvin’s journal would probably be instructive, if laborious, a good way to spend the winter when I huddled near the fire and pretended it wasn’t snowing. I didn’t think that time was far away. Winter was coming early.
And maybe I would learn more about my family, my grandma. It couldn’t be all bad news, could it?
And if it was bad news, well, forewarned is forearmed. At least that’s what they say.
About the Author
Melanie Jackson is the author of over 60 novels. If you enjoyed this story, please visit Melanie’s author web site at www.melaniejackson.com.
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