A Secret in Ash Brooke

A Secret in Ash Brooke

by

Dutch Rhudy

Summary:

A small town detective agreed to mentor
a local newspaper reporter, who wished to enhance his sleuthing
hobby. In the process of improving his observational skills, the
reporter scrutinized various citizens torso and behavior. As his
facial recognition abilities increased, he grew more aware of subtle
similarities and differences.

The reporter soon became intrigued with
an exceptional physical likeness between two young women. Each
portray different cultures, and appear nothing alike in manner of
dress, or in their separate lifestyles. The reporter, convinced they
must be twins, maintained a constant vigil on his suspects.

He befriended one of these ladies to
learn more about her. All attempts at justifying to himself she was
a twin, proved futile. Subtle comments among her friends and family,
confirmed she had only one sibling, an older brother.

These facts led our sleuth-hound
reporter, to believe these two women were one in the same person.

Turning his attention from the proper
lady, with her strict religious upbringing; to the one of
questionable moral values. His observations only invited confusion,
and generated unanswered questions. Each time his suspicions exposed
another clue, a positive clarification negated the probability.

Their timetables overlapped, and one
person cannot possibly be in two places at the same time. Or can
they?

Certain his assumptions are correct,
our reporter continued his quest to learn the truth.