At 2:45 am, something beeped. It woke me, but decided to ignore it. It was one beep—nothing urgent. I could live with a random, middle-of-the-night beep, particularly because it didn’t wake up Wes. He remained cuddled into my chest, heavy but not a burden. I wrapped my arms around him and shifted to the side,Continue reading “Dead on Holiday – Part Three”
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Dead on Holiday – Part Two
At 1 am, it began to rain. With no internet, and no cell signal either, there wasn’t much for us to do but go to bed. Wes was definitely not in the right headspace for under-the-covers fun, so we simply went to sleep—him with the blanket from the Challenger, since the cold rarely bothered me.Continue reading “Dead on Holiday – Part Two“
Dead on Holiday – Part One
I smiled, charmed by the appearance of the cottage I’d rented for Wes and myself for a long weekend away from the city. It was exactly as the pictures had illustrated, surrounded by pine trees and quiet. So, so quiet. It was perfect. “What do you think?” I turned to see Wes’s reaction. “It’s, uh.”Continue reading “Dead on Holiday – Part One”