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Hidden in a toolbox, in the rafters of his four-car garage, was an envelope full of pictures taken by a private detective.. They were pictures of a scrawny, boyish looking nine year old with a wide mouth and a tangle of brown hair.. Her eyes were oblong and deep set, their color hidden from the camera by the slant of the sun. The angles and planes of her face were oddly beautiful just then, in that moment, frozen on Kodak paper. A hint of the woman she would someday become.Shirley A. Martin
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She didn't pick her way over the terrain like she was afraid of slipping on the ice... She glided over it with long confident strides. Her hands were in her vest pockets. Her eyes were Susannah.Shirley A. Martin
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Sally's head plopped into the shallow water and rolled face up. For a while, the changing shades of pinks and oranges reflected across the surface of her dead eyes.Shirley A. Martin