Three Green Notebooks Left in a Cedar Chest on Elm Street

floorboards, and the clerk looked up from her desk.

Russell turned his head, his eyes narrowing for a fraction of a second before his face smoothed into a wide, quick smile. “Well, look who is here. Come to check on the progress, Mabel?”

“I came to see what you are filing, Russell,” I said, walking to the counter and keeping my hands in my coat pockets.continue reading …