The party at Diane's house was underway. Linda was in awe of the glass ball of a house with its sparkling glass interior. The whole evening felt unreal, as if she was having a dream.
Couples were swirling
around the immense dance floor. They were actually dancing in a large studio
between Diane’s life-sized statues. Each sculpture was carved from clear glass:
each one revealing a full-sized person. Linda found them to be too lifelike.
She stood next to one and stared into it frozen face. She was startled by a fleeting expression
of horror that seemed to cross over its features—as if a real person was
trapped inside, staring out at her from within his glass tomb. Then the look
was gone and the statue appeared lifeless once again.
Her morbid thoughts made
her shiver, prompting Todd to grasp her even tighter against his body. She smiled
up at him and wondered how she could have been afraid of him. She was slowly
brought back to reality by the quick tapping of someone’s high heels,
approaching them.
A beautiful blonde woman
with huge green eyes, wearing a diaphanous white dress, came over to greet
them. “Hi! Welcome to my party! I am Diane, your hostess,” she said as she
glided over to greet them.
Linda admired the tall
blonde’s ageless beauty, while Todd made the introductions. Diane responded
that she was thrilled that they’d come to her party, and then floated off to
welcome other people who were arriving.
Linda gazed around the exquisite room, immediately recognizing two familiar faces: Minnie and Frank, who appeared to be almost floating across the dance floor. Frank was
formal in his tuxedo, while Minnie was cute and perky in her short white
baby-doll dress. As soon as they spotted Linda’s group, they danced over. Over
the loud music, Minnie explained that they’d gotten a babysitter for this
evening.
All of a sudden Minnie
lost her happy glow, appearing both nervous and unhappy. She mouthed to Linda
that they’d never missed one of Diane’s parties—no matter what. Frank, who was
monitoring their hushed conversation, abruptly took Minnie’s arm and led her
back to the dance floor.
Linda knew that there had
to be some hidden meaning behind Minnie’s whispered words. She was beginning to believe that everyone in town had their own little secrets. She wasn’t
so sure anymore whether she wanted to unbury all of them: Who knew what would
come up when these unearthed secrets were finally brought to light?
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