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A chapter in the book Miranda Chronicles: Teacher's Pet

The Rapids

by GWHARGIS



Background
Miranda gets accused of murder...again.
Hello, it's me. No, not Lional Ritchie, not Adele.  Just your friendly checker at The Little Eagle Gas and Go, Miranda Jessup Buckley.  If you've forgotten me, well, so be it. But, for those of you who haven't, you probably already know what you're in for.  The thing about me and my life is it's like floating down a river in an inner tube.  An ice cold beverage in one hand, maybe a book in the other, and it's nice and relaxing.  Then the current picks up, not too noticable, maybe a little stomach flip here and there, but the next thing you know, that current has you carreening towards the rocks and you've dropped your book but not your beverage.  The rapids are sending you this way and that, and you're suddenly pitched over the falls.  As you drag your numb body and disoriented mind out of the water, everyone on shore starts laughing.  Then you realize why.  Cause somewhere along the terrifying ride in the inner tube, you're standing there still clutching your drink but you've lost your bathing suit bottoms.
 
Welcome back.
 
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To catch you up to speed, I will give you the Reader's Digest version.  I testified against Missy Toblerone.  She sat there waving at me and making faces at me while I'm being sworn in. (A greater psychopath there never was.)  She was sentenced to 29 years for murder, 8 years for kidnapping, 8 years for attempted murder and some additional time for trying to kill a police officer.  I thought she would be put away for a very long time, but apparently she'll be up for parole in fifteen years.  So much for justice.
 
I still have Waylon living with me.  He's a good kid, really, really smart and driven.  He's in the eleventh grade now.  Starting to get serious about his future.  But, I still work at the Little Eagle and live paycheck to paycheck.  He's been applying for grants and scholarships, but they only pay for so much.  His deadbeat dad is still missing.  I say deadbeat, because after all, he did leave his kid with me.  The police sent the blood found in his truck off for testing and it was determined that it was months old.  So, he either left his truck and ran off into the swamp, or just ran off.  For a while I kept waiting for someone to knock on the door, telling me his remains had been found, but no.  I think he got in over his head in some stupid scheme and just high tailed it out of Patterson County.  At least, that's what I hope has happened.
 
Aaron went off to Seminary school and lasted all of three months.  Seems being a free spirit didn't go over well with the powers that be.  So, he came home.  Since he sold his half of the business to his brother, he has nothing to do.  And Aaron being Aaron, he smokes a lot of pot to fill his time.  Between Aaron and his pot and Mrs. Fine and her ghastly cigarettes, the Garden of Eden Mobile Home Park looks like Los Angeles on a smoggy day.
 
Mrs. Fine is still alive. The devil hasn't worked up enough nerve to ask her to move in with him yet.  She sits on her porch like a living gargoyle, watching the daily activities of the trailer park residents, barking her two cents worth about your personal buisiness whether you want to hear it or not.
 
And, what you've all been waiting to hear about, my budding romance with the Sheriff of Patterson County, Mitch Danner.  One day we're good and the next day we're questioning our relationship.  Momma says that is normal, but I have my doubts.  He says I'm a puzzle and he can't figure me out.  I say he's a cop and only sees things from one side.  But, I love him and I know he loves me so we keep working through it.
 
Now, you're probably asking yourself why did Miranda come back?  Because, as I mentioned earlier, my life is like a ride on an inner tube.  Grab a beer, but leave your book on shore. Now clench your cheeks, because this lazy river is gonna get wild and I'd hate for you to lose your bathing suit bottoms.
 
Nobody wants to see that.



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