Blackwater Val
The old man smoothed his wisps of hair into place and walked toward the restrooms, but when he felt the Indian’s deep-set eyes following him Julian swung around.
“What now?” his voice carried down the hallway. “Snakes flapping overhead? Milkmaids perched in the trees, giving birth to feathered brats? What?” The Reverend exhaled. “Not you, too. Whatever it is, deal with it please. I do not care to know, Prarsheen. Unless the nighttime stars vanish from the sky, unless hail and fire and blood come raining down, I don’t care.” The pastor moved unsteadily to the restrooms, but hesitated. “And get rid of what’s downstairs,” he said, “so that I may never lay gaze or thought upon it again.” He cont
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