And the Hills Opened Up by Oppegaard David

Author:Oppegaard, David [Oppegaard, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Burnt Bridge
Published: 2014-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

Mute Henry nodded and they rode out, kicking more scree loose as they galloped to the valley floor and toward the lights of town. The earthly remains of Bonnie Chambers watched them depart from the hillside without comment, the emerging stars reflected in her eyes. Around her, the hills had already returned to their endless, windblown calm.

19

Father Lynch watched as the men who’d carried a coffin into his church earlier that day were lowered into three of their own. Chester would have plenty of company now—apparently his friends were as bad at keeping themselves out of trouble as he’d been. “At this rate,” Lynch announced to the crowd assembled in the street, “Leg Jameson’s going to run out of coffins.”

“He has,” somebody in the crowd replied. “Those cleared him out.”

Lynch scowled and waved off the gawkers, trying to make the whole lot scatter with a swipe of his hand. He came up to the first of the coffins, made the sign of the cross above the dead, and prayed for his soul to find its peace. Then he did the same for the second man, then the third. He could feel the crowd’s eyes upon him and heard a few mumbled prayers echoing his own. Never had such a large, interested crowd assembled in his own church, not even on Christmas Eve or Easter Sunday. He figured it was death that drew them together this cool summer evening, the racy spectacle of it, and the idea alone made him feel raw and old and useless.

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