SHIVER
Chapter One
Twenty years later
Cambrai, Louisiana
"I just wanted to call and say 'Happy birthday,'" her sister
said, leaving a message on the answering machine.
Abby stood in the middle of her small kitchen. Listening,
she debated about picking up the phone, but decided against
it. She just wasn't in the mood. She had spent most of the
day at her studio in New Orleans, dealing with kids who had
their own ideas about what a Christmas portrait should be.
What she needed was a glass of wine. Maybe two. Not her
sister's long-winded birthday message.
"So ... give me a call back when you get in. It's still
early here on the West Coast, you know. I, uh, I'd like to talk
to you, Abby. Thirty-five years is a major milestone."
In more ways than one, Abby thought as she reached into
her refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of Chardonnay she'd
bought nearly a month earlier when she'd thought her friend
Alicia was coming to Louisiana for a visit.
"Okay ... so ... when you get this, I mean, assuming
you're not listening to it right now and still refusing to talk to
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