The Alewife

<p><strong>Some mysteries are best left dead...</strong></p><p>In the chill choppy waters of Newport Cove Doug Sandow watched helplessly as his best friend slipped beyond the boundary of breath and death sinking into a restless mausoleum never to be seen again. A dozen years later Doug returns to Maine not to mark the passing of his friend—long since faded from thought—but to partake of a romantic week-long vacation with his wife Jillian.</p><p>The hopes they carry are simple: a time of relaxation and intimacy a renewal of their marriage and the pregnancy that Jillian has longed for. As they settle into the creaky charm of the century-old Pequot Hotel their peaceful seclusion is disrupted by the appearance of Meeka a self-described “Alewife” and the years-ago recipient of an evening’s rivalry between teenaged Doug and Brian. A contest that Doug won and almost cashed in on—after she offered herself to him the next day—only to have their tryst interrupted by Brian’s untimely demise.</p><p>Meeka waitress and witness; Doug never saw her again either.</p><p>Until now.</p><p> </p>