Monster Among the Roses
Still slowly shaking my head back and forth in adamant denial, I said, “No…no, that can’t be right.”
My absolute unwillingness to believe such a thing amused her. “It is.” She clipped another rose for Mrs. Pan.
I gaped at her. “But…” Spinning wildly, I found a rose that was an exception to her rule. “There!” I pointed. “You have a black rose, right there.”
Her lips tightened as she held in a smile. “Look again, Hollander.”
I stormed to the rosebush in question and knelt to its level before the redness of it began to show through. “I’ll be damned,” I murmured in awe. “It’s not black; it’s just a dark, dark red.”
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