LJ Harvey

Little Black Book

She watched helplessly as the pages floated from her hand to the floor. The news of her father’s sudden death came as a shock. As the last page flutters quietly to rest, one single tear slips slowly down her pale cheek. Music starts to play from down the long hallway leading to her office door. It is a forlorn ballad fitting for the moment and her shoulders tense as she regains her composure. Straightening her shoulders and clearing her voice, she proceeds to retrieve the packet of papers that served to inform her of her father’s demise. Peter Wakefield was a fraud, a deceiver, a villain. He left years ago, but here he was back in her life once more, only dead this time.