LEVI
FULLER
A Suspense Mystery Thriller
The Kay Sister 2
ALSO BY LEVI FULLER
ALMA NOVELS
Sound of Fear
Eye of Fear
Vision of Fear
Taste of Fear
Game of Fear
ISLE OF BUTE NOVELLAS
The Scent of Bones
The Secret of Bones
The Unburied Bones
The Missing Bone
Hide The Bones
LUKE PENBER NOVELLAS
Bend The Law 1
Bend The Law 2
Bend The Law 3
Bend The Law 4
Bend The Law 5
NANTAHALA RIVER
The Reticence 1
The Reticence 2
The Reticence 3
The Reticence 4
The Reticence 5
TURQUOISE VALLEY
The Kay Sister 1
The Kay Sister 2
The Kay Sister 3
The Kay Sister 4
The Kay Sister 5
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Sound of Fear
Eye of Fear
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1
Three days. It had been three days since Lucia had vanished with no real explanation. Their best guess was that she had gone across the border into Mexico. Most of her clothes were gone, as was their biggest suitcase, but the car was still parked in the drive. For a whole day, Rosa and Camelia had sat inside their house, every noise bringing with it the hope that Lucia had returned. By the second day, Camelia had decided to use her default survival mechanism. Pretend that nothing strange was happening and keep as busy as humanly possible. So here they were, walking through the town they had been born and raised in, but stopped really belonging to the day their father was found murdered and buried in Turquoise Valley Golf Course. Rosa kept her eyes dead ahead, but couldn’t stop her ears from picking up the sounds that followed them. The town was like a forest caught in the wind, all the people whispering like shifting leaves whenever Camelia or Rosa walked by.
Rosa refused to acknowledge the words as she walked with her younger sister. Camelia’s chosen course was to keep volunteering at the mission center their local pastor ran. Still, she did not have the courage to walk into town alone. So Rosa accompanied her, jade eyes tight, hands tense.
“Welcome,” Pastor Ian smiled, waving them forward as they entered the plot of land where both his church and mission stood. His brown eyes, usually warm and accepting, flashed with reprimand as he scanned the locals who had stopped on the sidewalk to whisper behind their hands. They dispersed rapidly, and he sighed. “It will pass.”
Rosa swallowed a rueful laugh as Cam shot her a glare.
“It would end faster if we could tell them something, anything.”
Rosa gave her sister a kiss. “I’ll look into it, okay?”
Camelia sighed, then looked at Pastor Ian. “So what am I doing today?”
He smiled at her enthusiasm and then pointed her towards the mayor’s wife, who was doing her annual bit for charity. “I think Mrs. Goodwin could use a partner in crime.”
She blushed furiously at his wink, then rushed off towards Cathrine Goodwin, who gave her a friendly smile in greeting. Rosa nodded to herself and turned to leave.
“Rosa,” Ian called her back.
“Yes, Pastor?” she asked, sweeping her midnight braid over her shoulder and trying to look polite rather than annoyed.
He seemed able to read her thoughts and suppressed a smile. “Camelia is right. If you know where Lucia went and why you should say so. It doesn’t even need to be a big announcement. Just let the right people overhear you, and it will spread like fire and stop all this gossip.”
Rosa felt her lips tilt in a half-smile. “I’ll bear that in mind. I’ll collect Cam later.”
“I could drive her home. I don’t mind.”
She looked back over her shoulder. “No need. Thank you.”
Rosa stepped back into the blinding sunlight and worked to shut people out as she moved through her morning, purchasing some real food from the store and starting her walk home. She wanted to talk to Mark, but his duties as the town’s coroner and forensic analyst kept him too busy. The FBI had wanted a full interview to go over everything again, including the new corpse and anything else they had taken as evidence.
Makes sense seeing as it was one of their own.
“I get why you’re ignoring everyone else, but why do I get the same treatment? Does being your best friend for the last 27 years count for nothing?”
Rosa brought herself back to the present and turned to look at her friend since birth. Ella gave her a broad smile, showing her that no real offense was taken, her strawberry blonde curls bouncing as she stepped closer.
“Sorry El,” Rosa said, linking their arms continuing towards Rosa’s home.
“No problem. Can I help with
