A Curse Of Torment by E.A. Owen

Author:E.A. Owen [Owen, E. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Karma Publishing
Published: 2018-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

IX

Kentucky

I visited Julia in the hospital every day for the next week. Julia was nonresponsive but alive. The doctor had her in a drug-induced coma due to her head injury and brain swelling. It was very difficult seeing Julia this way.

When my dad wasn’t working, he did some private investigation of his own, trying to find a relative or friend of Julia's to let them know what happened. I suggested going to the town she moved here from and knocking on every door until we found Nicole and her parents because I never did catch a last name while she was visiting. I should have asked more questions or paid closer attention. But I never thought in a million years, this would have happened. The only things I knew about Nicole was she lived in Olive Hill, Kentucky, was friends with Julia and the same age, and her parents took a trip to Hawaii for a couple weeks while she stayed with Julia. No last name, birthday or school she attended.

Our only advantage was that Olive Hill was a small town with a population of fifteen hundred people. Although the local police had been no help, we might only have to ask a few people where Nicole lived before finding someone who knew her. But since Julia has moved so much, I'm not even sure if contacting Nicole would be of any help. I don't even know if Nicole let alone her parents knew much about Julia's family. But my dad was determined to find Julia's family so Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks could have a proper burial.

***

“Wake up, Trevor! We're going to Kentucky,” my dad said in a hurry. He flipped on my bedroom light and I pulled the blanket over my head.

“Right now?” I said half asleep. “Yep! Got the car all packed up. We're going to find Nicole and her parents. I haven't been able to sleep for a week. I just toss and turn, thinking about how no one knows what has happened to Julia and that her parents are both…in a better place.”

I noted that my dad can't bring himself to say that they are dead. It sounded awful, but there was no other way to put it. But I don't like saying it either. “Can I at least jump in the shower quick before we leave?”

“Only if you make it quick, and I mean like five minutes quick!” my dad replied like he had already drank a whole pot of coffee, which he probably had. I climbed out of bed and stretched my arms outward while I let out a deep yawn. I looked over at my dad, who was pacing back and forth like a maniac. I just shook my head as I walked to my bathroom and closed the door behind me.

Five minutes later I was showered and dressed. At least my dad wasn't pacing back and forth in my room anymore. “Hurry up, Trevor. I don't have all day!” he yelled from the other room.

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