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A Proper Burial
A Proper Burial
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A Short Story by Acclaimed Short Story Author Barbara Collins
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Officer John Steele didn't want to do it.
He didn't want to tell Ernie and Marie Finley that the police had found their Sarah--who'd been missing for several days--dead.
As Steele stood on the doorstep of the Finley's modest, white stucco house, he hesitated to ring the doorbell. It wasn't as if he'd never been the bearer of bad news; like the time he told the Johnsons their son had been found--just so many body parts--in the woods of Wild Cat Den State Park. And then there was the Penmark girl who was raped, doused with gasoline and set on fire . . .
Excerpt
Officer John Steele didn't want to do it.
He didn't want to tell Ernie and Marie Finley that the police had found their Sarah--who'd been missing for several days--dead.
As Steele stood on the doorstep of the Finley's modest, white stucco house, he hesitated to ring the doorbell. It wasn't as if he'd never been the bearer of bad news; like the time he told the Johnsons their son had been found--just so many body parts--in the woods of Wild Cat Den State Park. And then there was the Penmark girl who was raped, doused with gasoline and set on fire . . .
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