As Linda walked, the sound of
the wind rustling through the leaves caused her to glance up at the trees bordering the beach.
Through the tall trees, she spotted the bright sun shining majestically in the
dark azure velvety sky. She suddenly remembered last night and the eerie sounds
of the wind. She couldn’t believe that there was such a drastically different feeling
in town at nighttime from the daytime. During the day only tourists and the
town residents could be seen walking around town and shopping. Once in a while
the fishermen’s families visited town for supplies. Only after nightfall did
the original residents visit town to shop or to eat at the hotel’s restaurant.
The mysterious parties on the hill took place only after the sun set. What a
strange town when the busiest part of the day occurred at night.
This morning she
recognized, from a distance, the man
who’d bought the deserted house on the hill below End House. It was a
huge modern structure with blacked-out windows. She raised her hand to greet
him and his golden retriever jogging close beside him on the beach. He turned
away and continued jogging. He was a tall muscular man with a full head of
black hair and piercing black eyes. She couldn’t see his face since he was bundled
up tight in a long coat and gloves, his hat pulled down low on his face. His dog
turned his head to stare longingly at her, looking more human than his owner.
Determined not to let this
unpleasant encounter ruin her day, she chose to concentrate her thoughts
instead on her delightful walk to work. She turned onto Main Street to follow the
circular path that she took every morning. Her daily walk began at the grassy
park, which was busy with children playing, people taking walks or jogging. She strolled
past Edward and Tom’s hardware store, Shirley’s agency, and Louise’s dress shop. She crossed over a small side street
to continue her walk by Hank’s Auto Body Shop and the huge brown brick Town
Hall. On the block behind the Town Hall, she was able to glimpse the top of the
church’s tall bell tower. The winding streets behind the church held the rest
of the town’s stores, with their colorful storefronts and bright awnings.
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