The
mist from the morning rain rose like tiny clouds, blending with the smoke from
the train. A conductor walked out onto the steps near the platform. Checked his
watch. Jane wondered if it ticked with the same rhythm of her heart. Or of the
too-small spike-heeled pumps she wore. The ones he'd chosen to match her red
dress and the umbrella he carried over her head. In front of them, not by more than
twenty steps, another couple--she in red, he in a trench coat matching Jane’s husband's--had
made it to the car in the middle. The one they'd ride over the next week.
Unless, of course ... She darted her eyes to the ornate door of the station,
and the hair pulled tight in her chignon tugged. She winced. His hand, cinched
around her arm, closed in tighter. "Look ahead," he said. "And
don't even think about it."
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