Return of the Reaper novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: The Owl
Lila studied the drawing on the farmhouse table for a full minute.
"You found it," she said.
"On the dashboard of the Buick."
"I put it there Wednesday. I wanted her to find it when she was sad."
Noelle, across the table, took off her glasses and pressed her knuckles against her eyes.
"I found it," Doyle said. "I was the one who was sad."
"That's okay," Lila said. "It works on both."
It was Sunday morning, and rain was running down the kitchen windows.
Abel stood at the stove in his cardigan, turning bacon with the focus of a man defusing a bomb.
The shotgun was gone from the hall.
Lila slid off her chair, walked around the table, and stopped in front of Noelle.
She held out Mister Pie.
"This is Mister Pie," she said. "You met him, but you didn't really."
Noelle took the owl in both hands, as she had once taken a stethoscope.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Return of the Reaper are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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