An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena
"Beverly Sullivan drops her overnight bag at her feet and lets her eyes sweep around the room."
"Beverly Sullivan drops her overnight bag at her feet and lets her eyes sweep around the room."
"Victor sang “We Are the Champions,” nearly screaming the words as he thumped his fist on the steering wheel in rhythm. "
"The policewoman takes me to One Police Plaza, where I wait in a small, stale room on the eighth floor."
"Here in Sandefjord we have everything."
"Three hours along, I stood at the staging area, talking to Detective Jeremy Bischoff of Oakland PD Homicide Section."
"Didi hankered for another cigarette as she drove, but resisted the urge."
"Jamie shielded her eyes from a gust of wind blowing down the street and crossed the dirt yard in front of her uncle’s trailer."
"I called my mother up last week and told her that Alvie was dead."
"To Marion Huneker,” I raised my glass, “wherever she may be."
"DJ’s sister had been missing for eleven days."
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