Rainbow Snippets*–More From Delicious

I'm at that stage in my editing where I do a "read aloud." I find it's a very effective way to find grammar errors, typos, and places that simply read rough. But I'm so slow at it! At the rate I'm going, it'll be another two weeks before I get through this. Maybe. I'd wanted to have this ready to publish back in October. At this rate, maybe I'll have it ready by next October! 


picture of steamed up mirror with drips

This week's snippet is taken from my current WIP, Delicious. Grady returns home after spending a pleasant evening with Hanson to find all of his lights on. Hanson speculates they'd forgotten to lock the door, and some kids had come in, not realizing the house had a new owner. Grady accepts the explanation and gets ready for bed:

Yawning, I glanced at the clock. Time had slipped by, and it was later than I realized. Jumping in the shower, I washed quickly and grabbed a towel. After wrapping it around my waist, I stepped to the sink to brush my teeth, but froze with my hand reaching out in front of me. What the ever-loving…? Nibble, Nibble, little mouse was written across the steamy mirror. Was that part of the prank? Maybe it was some kind of initiation. Break into someone’s house and leave a creepy message. Pulling the towel off, I rubbed the glass until the words were gone. I shook my head. Teens were weird.


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