Cicada Summer
Eloise doesn't speak, but can she see into the past? Something flickered at the top of the stairs. Eloise heard a voice call, I'm coming! , and a girl in a pale dress and a big sunhat came running, her fingertips slipping down the curve of the slim iron railing. Eloise went cold all over. She couldn't move, or breathe; her mouth was dry. At the bottom of the steps, the girl in the pale dress faltered, then stopped. For a fraction of a second she stood motionless, as if she were listening. Then all at once she turned and stared straight at Eloise. And sudd