The Sound of Running Water

Extra strength excedrin boasted of relief from headaches within 15 minutes. Susan's husband, 45-year-old Paul Webb King, was a long-haul trucker. He left for work early at that morning. Haley Snow went to take a shower before school. She could hear the muffled sound of running water through the walls. It was coming from the master bedrooms on sleep where her mother was completing her morning routine. The vanity sink was near over flowing as the tap above flooded up with water. Lying on the floor at its base was Susan in her verbal bathrobe. Her eyes were wide open, fixed and dilated.