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One Summer Night
Emily Bold
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Eight Months Before, on A Summer Night
Prologue
Alyssa’s Fifth Birthday
It was the first warm day of the year. The patio doors stood wide open, and a mild spring breeze floated through the rooms in the house. The fragrance of the pink hyacinths growing in the flowerbeds outside mingled with the delicious smell of muffins – freshly baked for Alyssa’s friends. Blueberry, her favorite. Alyssa had personally assisted in mixing the batter and pouring it into thin paper cups. She had also taken advantage of her position by gobbling up more than half the berries before the batter was even finished.
Happy and satisfied and with bright-blue stains on her T-shirt, the little girl was now playing outside in the yard. Tim could hear her laughing and chatting over
