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Murder Mystery Blind Date
Alex
I carefully walked up the narrow stairway to the baby's room, the old floorboards squeaking with each step. I laid the sleeping babe from my arms gently in his crib, turned on the monitor and closed the door gently behind me. I returned to the hot, humid kitchen where the smell of cooking tomatoes overwhelmed the space. It had been a long day for my sister-in-law, Betsy. She was just pulling another batch of jars from their bath, the steam rising over her as she pushed a stray hair from her forehead. I didn't know how she could live in an old house, without air conditioning, isolated and on her own much of the time. It was nice for a old house, but there were so many things needing an update, the laminated floor in the kitchen curling where it had been e
