Herman Labuschagne

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“The murderer at Bethany” by Herman Labuschagne

Submitted to Contest #222

The few remaining patrons looked up with alarm when he appeared. Everybody knew trouble when they saw it. And although nobody had seen his face before, they knew his kind.From the kitchen she surveyed him with squinting eyes. A largeish woman, somewhere near middle age, looking as if she once might have been almost pretty. A matronly figure, visibly secure about herself and her establishment.The girl who helped her seemed relieved when the older woman beckoned with a quick sideward motion of the head that she could go. The startled young ser...

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9th Generation South African. I write what I observe, somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow.