Fall Guy
A Rachel Alexander Mystery
Chapter One
When I was little, my father once told me that during the war, the one
after the one they said would end all wars, he used to kneel at the window
in the dark and scan the night sky for enemy planes. You knew who
the enemy was back then. You knew where he lived, too. Even so, and
even though the war was fought on enemy soil, as their countries were
called, it was still awfully scary. So if something woke you in the middle
of the night, or if you just couldn't sleep, you couldn't help it, you'd find
yourself at the window, watching the sky and wondering what if.
When I began to cry, he put his arm around me and pressed me
close. I could smell his aftershave and feel the smoothness of his white
shirt against my skin. "Just listen to your mother," he said, "and you'll
be safe."
Like my father so many years ago in what now seems like a simpler
time, in what now seems like another world altogether, I, too, can't help
watching the sky and wondering what if. Only now, you watch in broad
daylight. And now I know for sure that th ... read full excerpt from Fall Guy ebook
