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Chapter Twenty-One
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I had to grip my goblet. I felt as though I might drop it. That was the last thing I needed to do. Injure myself again. I sat the glass down firmly on the table and glared at Ben. “Why? Why would you say that? Why would you put that off on me? Stevie and Paulo were with Carrie way before...” “For about four months before you were sent to Yarber Heights.” Richard interjected. I whipped my head around to look at him. “About the time your parents had started to consider sending you there. Honey, we can project into the future within reason. However, sometimes humans can change their mind and throw the projection off course but not in this case. Your friend Carrie did have problems. She was a manic depressive and mildly schizophrenic. She had contemplated suicide. So, her parents had her placed there because they were afraid she would follow through with it. But it wasn’t until George and Sue decided to send you there that Stevie and Paulo attached themselves to Carrie.” I didn’t unders
The Grigori Chronicles: Book One: Transcendent Prologue
I never realized how lovely grass smelled, nor had I ever savored the musty scent of the rich dirt just beneath it. My legs were numb and so were my arms. I couldn't lift my head, hell, I couldn't move an inch of any part of my body, so I just continued to lie there, on the ground, letting the delicious smells of the earth violate my senses. It was dark, and though I could not see the sky above, I knew there was no light from the heavens breaching the blackness of this night...yet. I tried to look up, but my face was paralyzed, forever staring at the pitch-dark shadows of the grass surrounding me. I was almost face down in what appeared to be a ditch, my eyes fixed on the blackness surrounding me, threatening to engulf me. It hurt to breathe, and my jaw ached from my mouth being frozen in this open position for only God knows how long. How long had I been here? Where was here? How did I end up here? The grass lit up in a brilliant radiance followed by the ground trembling as the sky
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I was happy. Ecstatically happy. That kind of happy you get from just feeling satisfied with life. When you’re driving down the road and the trees look greener, and the scent that wafts in through the open windows smells of honeysuckles, fresh clean air, and all things good. The sky was cloudless and a brilliant shade of blue, reminding me of a clear, blue sea - sparkling, pure, immaculate. I peered at the rearview mirror and gazed at my beautiful daughter, Evie, who was now slumped over in the seat, mouth wide open, and asleep with that completely peaceful expression that only an innocent child can embody. I don’t know why I felt so good. I mean, yeah, I’d had a nice lunch with one of my best friends at a recently renovated local restaurant appropriately named The Lunch Box, named so because, well, they were only open for lunch. I had lunch with my good friend Amy whose husband had acquired the rundown business months earlier when the previous owners had been forced into foreclosure.
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I dropped Evie off at Carrie’s. Carrie was petite with reddish-blond hair and childlike freckles. She was going to be eternally cute. You know those people who just have that simple look to them and even though they age, they continue to look like a woman or man-child. That was Carrie. Also, she had one green eye and one brown eye, which I’d always thought was the coolest thing. She was only a year younger than me, and she was my oldest and dearest friend. She had been my closest friend since we were teenagers when we met under unusual circumstances. A long story for later. Now, she had two kids of her own who were close to Evie’s age. Evie was so overjoyed as we pulled into the drive that she unbuckled her seat belt before the car came to a halt. I cut my eyes at her and thought to reprimand, but my mind was too preoccupied with everything that had just happened in a matter of minutes. The scene at the house, the call. I couldn’t process it all. I shook my head as if the action would
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Carrie offered to watch Evie for the night and for as many nights as I needed. I was appreciative and gratuitously accepted. I went to the house and gathered up Evie’s clothes, toothbrush, and her lovey. It was while I was plundering through her drawers that I noticed something glistening beneath her bed. I knelt down to lift it from the tangles of the carpet. It was an earring. An expensive one. On my baby’s bedroom floor, and it didn’t belong to me. This brought my attention to my daughter’s bed which was tousled, the comforter folded down at the pillows. I knew I’d made it before I left this morning, and I always tucked the comforter beneath her pillows. I put my nose to the covers, and there was that smell again. The perfume, the cigarettes, the sex. With a fury like I’ve never felt, I screamed. I screamed so loud that I hurt my own ears. I did not care. I dug my fists in her bed just before I started ripping the sheets and every stitch of fabric from it. My first thought was to
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The last box was brought in through the front door. Now, I had in front of me the unpleasant task of muddling through all this stuff and figuring out where to put it all in my new cozy but unbelievably tiny house. I was scared but excited about beginning my new life. Maybe that was why I had that feeling that day over two months ago. That day I’d felt like I was on top of the world, and that life was anew with so much wonder. That same day that my life had been turned upside down. My life had changed. It had changed so much and so fast that I still had whiplash from it all. The death of my parents then the moment I listened to Peter’s voice message. “I won’t be home…” was all he said flatly. Faintly, in the background, I could hear a female voice in the background tag on the word “ever!” followed by the sound of their combined maniacal laughter just as he hung up the phone. I simply sat there. Tissue in my hand, eyes already puffy and tender from the night of forceful crying, and I
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We chattered and bantered through the remainder of the afternoon, called out for pizza – as none of us was fit to drive – and slovenly lazed about my new home. “You know, Sade?” Amy began, “You seriously need a vacation.” She cut her eyes in Carrie’s direction, where Carrie sat harboring an anxious grin. I looked back and forth between the two of them. “What are you two up to?” I took a big bite of the greasy pizza and another sip of the wine to wash it down as I eyed the two suspiciously. “I want to tell her,” Carrie piped up, staring at Amy with a daring gleam in her eyes. Amy nodded. “Well you know that little cabin that Amy and Chuck went to this past summer?” Carrie brimmed. I knew where this was going. I couldn’t be angry with them. They had seen the hell I’d been through the past couple of months. I would’ve done the same for them. And they knew I’d never do anything for myself. Amy cut in, “Carrie and I knew you’d never do anything for yourself,” she started, reading m
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Evie was at Peter’s again. School had just begun only two short months ago, and this was Fall Break. The first weeks of school had been harrowing. I was at a classroom maximum, and the students I had inherited this year were challenging, to say the least. I hoped this was the worst of it, or I was in for quite a year. I decided to set off on my little weekend excursion to “regroup” as Amy had so aptly put it since Peter had Evie this weekend and after the past few months I’d had, I desperately needed a break. Bob Marley was singing about three little birds as I maneuvered the Jeep roughly through the bumpy terrain of the seemingly abandoned dirt road. However, here and there throughout the dense forest, other cabins sat nestled in the tranquility that surrounded me. They all appeared to be vacant, void of any vehicles that would indicate otherwise. It really did feel good to be here. Away from everything. The cabin appeared as though it had been unoccupied for some time. I checked
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