Neal suddenly pictured her dead, face covered by a sheet.

He suddenly pictured himself as a murderer returning to the scene of crime, though he didn't know what that crime could be.

I could suddenly picture how the young vines formed the framework over the pergola.

He could suddenly picture Hopley standing there - crouching there - waiting for the unwelcome, insistent visitor to go away and leave him in peace.

I suddenly picture her wearing the fedora, her hair falling blonde beneath the lowered brim.

Not when she was suddenly picturing them in bed together, rolling around in the sheets, exchanging kisses, touches.

And she suddenly pictured the carcasses of the two young women, the way they had looked when she stood above them after crawling out from under Holden.

I could suddenly picture it: "For $200: How can you get a background check on a nanny?"

And I could suddenly picture my own purple asters lounging about in the tall grasses of my barnyard garden.

I suddenly pictured them surrounding the one-eyed dog, poking it with spears.