Bluebird, Bluebird

Darren stops at Geneva Sweet’s Sweets and takes in the unique, dated décor. Lark is a small town with a population of less than 200. It reminds him of Camilla, where he spent his childhood. He is hungry from his travels and orders a large meal, watching out the window while he eats. The town consists only of the café, one large house across the highway, and Jeff’s Juice House, a bar down the road. The Attoyac Bayou runs behind the restaurant. Two police cars are parked outside. Darren moves to the counter and sits near a regular, an older man named Huxley, who is reading a newspaper. Darren asks about the large police presence. Both Geneva and the older man do not answer, but a younger man named Tim responds by saying that a young, white woman died nearby and that she had a child. Geneva adds that her name was Missy but shuts down the conversation. Darren goes outside to smoke as part of his disguise. The fake smoke break gives him an excuse to scout around the building. Most of the land around Geneva’s is vacant except for a large mobile home where Geneva lives. He can smell the decaying body recently pulled from the water and is sickened.