“Really.” The woman’s kind words matched the gentle morning. From his place at the open window at the small table in the kitchen, Heath couldn’t see who was talking to birds this early in the morning but he recognized Amy’s voice. He shoved back his chair, neatly missing the refrigerator, and with cup of instant coffee in hand let his curiosity lead him downstairs and around the corner of the building. Maybe she could use some help. The rumbling rhythm of the train rolling down the steel tracks ...hid the sound of his footsteps as he rounded a tall hedge of blooming lilacs to the gate through the latticed fence around the outside eating area. Small climbing roses, their buds closed tight, clung to the tall crisscrossed wall, and beyond the green leaves and canes, he could see Amy’s profile as she cleaned up the beginning of a bird’s nest on one of the patio tables. The robin hopped from the corner edge of the wall to the top of a chair back. The red-breasted bird looked determined to build her nest.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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