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Total words to this point, 37,800. I've thought all along that this would be the longest book to date, and now I'm sure of it. Hopefully, it will also be the best.
What I like most about this chapter is the character development of Adele.
Here's an excerpt from Chapter 28:
...we could tell, since she [Adele] couldn't cover all the words, that the writing was very similar.You can find the first four Anastasia Raven Stories at Smashwords or Amazon
The timer on the oven buzzed brutally, and we all jumped. Adele knocked the cardboard box on the floor with her right arm.
Cora hustled to turn off the buzzer, Adele leaned over to retrieve the box thereby uncovering the papers, and as she did I slid the lined sheets closer to me. Cora peeked in the oven.
"Two more minutes," she announced. Then she hurried to look over my shoulder.
"They match," I said.
"I agree," Cora said. "But clearly, the writer is more mature in the letters we have. That makes sense."
Adele had recovered the box and was upright again. "Oh, let me show you, please," she implored. She sounded like a child whose surprise had been spoiled.
"You're right," I conceded. "We're stealing your show. But don't keep us in suspense any longer. We need answers."
She seemed to pause again.
"Seriously, Adele. Enough is enough." I said.
Adele, at last, settled down to business. "For several years, the district ran a contest for juniors and seniors in high school. They were to enter a thousand-word essay explaining the basis for their faith. I was the local judge. That meant that in addition to choosing the top three to be sent on to district competition I had to type those essays in a specific format. The originals were kept by the church, and when a lot of old records were dumped I took them home rather than have them be discarded."
"Whose entry is this?" Jerry urged.
"See for yourself. It's on the last page." Apparently at last satisfied with her success, Adele handed the papers to Jerry.
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