Chapter Thirty-FourSea Scope: Twenty years ago
They were all seated in the parlor except for Aunt Julie who, ever the hostess, was handing out coffee and tea to whoever wanted any. Sarah's father stood next to Detective Marshall talking in a low, serious voice. Aunt Julie had also put out a platter of cookies that Glen kept helping himself to while Sarah warned him with a look that he'd had enough and passed him a napkin to clean his mouth.
They'd returned to the house with Detective Marshall accompanied by the shorter officer he called Loomis. Mother had taken the news better than Sarah expected. Instead of the reaction Wanda had when she and Wendy returned from Bible school, Mother was quite composed. Sarah suspected her calmness was due to the whiskey Sarah could still smell on her br
