By Emily Arsenault

Eleven-year-olds Nora and Charlotte have been top neighbors. whilst their teenage babysitter, Rose, disappeared less than mysterious situations, the ladies determined to “investigate.” yet their search—aided by way of paranormal theories and strategies gleaned from outdated Time-Life books—went nowhere. Years later, Nora, now in her overdue twenties, is drawn again to her previous neighborhood—and to her estranged friend—when Rose’s continues to be are ultimately came upon. disappointed over their prior failure to unravel the potential homicide, Charlotte is adamant that they subscribe to forces and take a look at back. yet Nora used to be the final identified individual to work out Rose alive, and she’s no longer able to revisit her bothered formative years and the occasions surrounding the disappearance—or face the worrying secrets and techniques which are already starting to reemerge.

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It’s all about safety, and it’s all my fault. Suddenly Charlotte Hems-worth’s a public menace. ” “Uh-huh,” I said, trying not to laugh. Charlotte picked up the wine bottle, pouring herself more and then poising the bottle over my glass. ” “Get busy, then. We may as well finish the bottle. ” I nodded, pushing my glass toward her. ” She dumped a generous amount of wine into my glass. “Promised him we’d do a few stories over the next few weeks about all the positive work the WPD does. Blah, blah, blah.

Neil was aware of Charlotte’s existence—remembered snatches of childhood stories that contained her name, had signed Christmas cards I’d addressed to her. And he remembered her from our wedding. “I didn’t think you were that close, though,” he’d said. He was right about that—we weren’t close. We hadn’t even been close in high school. While I steeped in my own shy gloom for most of those years, Charlotte was relatively popular from all her various clubs and athletics. But Charlotte had made sure we’d never lost touch.

Theresa’s, where Charlotte and her family attended church, still looked obnoxiously large and modern a block up from the older Congregational church and its accompanying town green. A few buildings down was the bank. Charlotte’s dad still worked there as far as I knew—weathering its many incarnations from Manchester Valley Savings to Fleet to Bank of America. No one in Waverly got a loan unless Mr. Hemsworth said it was okay, my mother told me once. Farther up, I parked in Waverly Plaza, our glorified strip mall.

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