A Taste of Spring
Chapter 1
PROLOGUE
Clara Warner picked up her towel and water bottle. She walked toward the door with a smile on her face as she waved goodbye to the women in her spin class. She hadn't connected with any of them to the point of calling them friends just yet, but she had hope, and they all seemed nice enough.
"See you Thursday, Clara!"
to see who said her name. It was Sarah. Clara's smile spread wider as she offered the
as she walked toward her car. The early morning breeze felt nice, she was losing her freshman "twenty",
at a time," she sang as she stepped up to her vehicle in the virtually empty parking lot. She parked the furthest from the gym in the strip mall to add more steps to her fitness step counter.
"Excuse me. Clara?"
but before she was able to see a face, she was grabbed from behind, and something soft was pressed over her mouth and nose. Her attacker quickly pulled her close and wrapped her in an embrace