Segment 12.7

A squeak announced the application of Dinah’s foot to the brake.
“Why are we stopping?” Sam asked, without looking up. He preferred to cast his eyes back along the lines of the telex. Some old geezer at the nursing home nicked a few personal items out of another resident’s room. The name “Wycliff” kept jumping out. [...]

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Segment 12.6

In the end, she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
“No,” Emmy told the furry shadow at her heel. “Bertie’s things deserve the same respect I gave poor, dear Albert when he died.” The kitten answered with a yawp. “I will do just as I did then and hang them all in the left side of [...]

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Segment 12.5

Maybe the colors were right after all. In the glow of the sun slanting through the skylight, the earth tones pulsed and soothed. The warmth that curled around Saffron in her spotlighted rocking chair took away the creeping memory of the intruder’s touch and lulled her to near sleep.
“Are you hungry now, Florecita?” PePé crooned.
Saffron [...]

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Segment 12.4

A rush of air and a jolt announced the stop at the mall. Passengers staggered to their feet, some soon enough to sway in the last motion of the bus before it came to rest. With elbows flying, the disembarking shoppers jostled before the door. Shauna Rae slid out between her competitors and dropped to [...]

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