She Left A Diary

DEL MORINO

I sat in my study staring out the window. This morning the expansive estate seemed incredibly peaceful. Birds were chirping in the distance as the sun which had just begun to rise shone over the well-kept gardens.

But the quiet was oppressive as if something were dangling in midair just waiting to move.

I absently scanned the edge of my desk with my fingers, letting my thoughts stray to the same things that had been on my mind for the previous few weeks.

I heard ...