Angel of Wisdom by Julia McKnight

Author:Julia McKnight
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949300055
Publisher: Beachwalk Press, Inc.
Published: 2018-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Aileen put the worm on her line and cast it into the river. She watched Deirdre, who already had her line in the water. Deirdre jerked it a few times.

“Hold it steady. You’ll know when a fish bites, because the line will grow taut,” Aileen advised.

“All right,” Deirdre responded.

Deirdre walked down a ways on the bank. Aileen could tell her niece was bored, because she was distracted and looking everywhere. Aileen was about to warn Deirdre not to go too far away when her own line grew taut.

She focused on her line and reeled it in only to have the fish fight her. She played tug of war with it. Obviously, it was a big fish, and it fought so hard for its freedom she thought her pole might break in half.

Aileen backed up and reeled with all her might. A big, brown trout splashed out of the water. Aileen swung her pole onto the bank, and the fish plopped down on the ground, thrashing and flopping. It was fully grown and looked like it was about three kilos. She smiled in triumph and yelled for Deirdre.

“Pumpkin, I just caught our dinner for tonight! Come and take a look at it!”

When Aileen didn’t hear anything, she looked down the river, but Deirdre was nowhere in sight.

“Deirdre?” she called out again.

She decided to go look for her niece. Aileen left her pole and the brown trout on the riverbank, and walked in the direction she last saw Deirdre. Every few minutes, she called out the little girl’s name, but she got no reply.

She came upon a patch of woods. Aileen hoped that Deirdre had enough sense not to walk into the woods alone, but knowing her niece, she probably did. Aileen called out for Deirdre again, but all she heard was the wind whispering through the trees.

She went into the woods, getting angrier and angrier at Deirdre. Where could that girl have gone? She was going to kill her when she found her. Deirdre knew better than to walk off by herself. She’d better have a good reason.

The woods were thick, and patches of sunlight shone through here and there. Birds chirped and flew above her. Aileen didn’t see any sign of Deirdre, but she continued walking.

Aileen wasn’t sure how long she’d walked, but the woods started to thin out and a path emerged. She was debating if she should continue on this path or turn around when she spied a fishing pole laying next to a big tree trunk. Panic set in when she recognized it as Deirdre’s.

The path led toward the river again, and Aileen followed it. She scanned the bank frantically, hoping Deirdre hadn’t fallen in. Thankfully, Deirdre did know how to swim, but Aileen noticed that the current this far upstream was much faster...maybe too fast for Deirdre to handle.

Aileen ran along the riverbank and spotted a figure walking in the river where the currents turned into a whirlpool. She recognized Deirdre and screamed out at her.

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