In The Shadows That Wait..

Stage 1: Short story-Fiction pg 1/12

There was mystery that surrounded

Catherine Stone. She was a quiet librarian in

Denver, Colorado. At the age of 25, single 

In addition, no family to speak of, Catherine rarely went out.

She stood 5' 8" tall with a slender figure, brown hair,

as well as, brown eyes. She was pretty in a natural way.

She dressed very plain and wore no makeup, just a trace of

Pink lip-gloss she applied to her lips. Every day she would follow a rigid

Regiment, she would start upon waking up.

At precisely 5 A.M. every morning Catherine would

Rise and start the coffee maker. Her kitchen was small and

 It had no windows, or a table or a bench to sit on.

Right outside the kitchen area, Catherine set up a folding table with only one chair. While the coffee was brewing, she would proceed to take a shower,

Make her bed and dress in the clothes she laid out carefully each night before.

It seemed so ‘old school’ of her at her young age. She would only have one piece of toast with one teaspoon of peanut butter on it every morning.

For her lunch, she would pack a sandwich consisting of tuna, which she shared with her cat Shedo, lettuce and a pickle. One apple and a napkin all-fitting into a paper brown bag. Double-checking to make sure the coffee machine was off; Catherine would gather her things and head for the door.

On Clemens Street, Catherine waited for her bus that would arrive at 6:45 A.M.  Only twice in two years was it late in arrival. She knew the bus driver on her route, Ted Lincoln who worked for the transportation authority for twenty years. Ted would save her the same seat every morning across from him, by placing his jacket and papers on it, so he could small talk on her way into work. Ted was in his sixties, married to a wonderful women name Ruth for 55 years of bliss he would say. He would refer to her as his ‘bride’ when socially acknowledging her. As with Ted, Catherine also was never late, in all the six years she took his bus to work, come rain or shine, sickness of health, Catherine was there, but that was about to change...