by Diana Orgain | Sep 23, 2021 | Gold Strike Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss chapter one? Did you miss chapter two? From Runaway Murder Chapter Three I strode through the train’s rocking corridor. We’d pulled away from the station and were slowly building up speed— not that we ever went very fast. These trips were about sitting back and enjoying the ride and forgetting the speed at which we lived the rest of our lives. There was too much haste in the world. We needed to learn to relax again. My ponytail swung behind me as I walked, my head held high even if my teeth were clenched in annoyance. He’d already seen me once today, albeit briefly on the platform. What did he want to see me again for? We’d butted heads on more than one occasion, and I was only grateful that his office was about as far away from the train’s kitchen as it could possibly be. “Excuse me,” Said one of the passengers—on her way to the train’s restaurant, probably. We often had early birds wanting snacks or light bites to keep them going until we served the main meal later on in the journey. I smiled politely and stepped into the doorway to let her pass, feeling the coolness of the air air-conditioning on my back. She was a slight woman, compact, almost fragile looking, though the way in which she held herself told me she was anything but. I’d bet she got that all the time—people assuming she was weak simply because she was small. Her skin was lightly tanned and she wore her hair in a short, dark bob. But it was the...
