Derek stopped at the diner for a quick bite of breakfast, and a chat with Sheila if she had time, but she"d been busy, so he"d settled for the food. He hadn"t noticed the odd tugging deep in his gut at first, or maybe he had and had just dismissed it as hunger until after he"d finished his meal and knew that wasn"t it. He hadn’t yet figured out what was causing it when suddenly it was gone. He frowned. Wondering what was going on, he then realized if he didn"t get a move on, he"d be late for work. After paying for his meal, he walked to the post office, wondering what that had been and what had caused it.
There were a lot of visitors in Alpine this time of year. Some of them got p.o. boxes and had things delivered, others weren"t in town long enough for that and had things delivered gene
