Beyond a Doubt by Colleen Coble

Author:Colleen Coble
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

19

Bree awoke in the dark. She lay blinking in the dim light from the streetlamp. It was raining. The nudge came again, and she turned. Samson bumped her arm again then licked her face and whined. Davy. She glanced to the bed beside her, but her son was missing. Panic surged, and she rolled out of bed.

“Davy?” she called softly. Where could he be hiding? Samson whined and went to the closet. At least this time he hadn’t wandered far. She stepped to the closet door and opened it.

Rob had grown up in this room. It held two twin-size beds and all the little-boy things Rob had collected. His baseball bat, mitts, and balls were clustered on a rack in the corner. The dressers and beds were painted in red, white, and blue and held several collections of Star Wars figurines.

The closet was full of boxes of Rob’s old memorabilia that Anu was keeping for Davy, and he often sought this place when he was missing his daddy in an especially poignant way. Bree pushed the baseball and Boy Scout uniforms out of the way. A bulge under Rob’s Michigan State fuzzy throw moved.

“Sweetie, are you awake?” Bree pulled the throw away from her son’s face. Sweat matted his hair to his forehead, but he was asleep. She gathered him into her arms, pressing her lips against his damp forehead. He muttered and flailed restlessly, but his eyes stayed closed. Bree breathed in his little-boy scent, then sat on the edge of the bed rocking him back and forth and praying until his restless stirring ceased. When he was finally serene, she laid him back in bed.

She should be exhausted. In fact, she was exhausted. She just wasn’t sleepy. Samson settled on the foot of Davy’s bed and looked at her. “It’s okay, boy,” she whispered. He whined and got down from Davy’s bed. Thrusting his cold nose into her hand, he nudged her until she petted him. His thick fur had a couple of burrs in it, and she worked them loose.

He licked her hand then started to go back to Davy’s bed. Just under the window, he stopped and stiffened. The ruff on his neck stood up, and a low growl emanated from his throat.

Bree’s ches tightened. She slipped out of bed and peeked out the window to see what had disturbed the dog. Her hand sought his head, and she patted him. “Shhh.” If Davy woke up, the whole house would be in an uproar the rest of the night.

It was probably someone walking by. The rain fell harder. Why would someone be walking in the rain? She pulled back the curtain a bit and peeked out. A car was parked across the street, but she couldn’t tell if the dark form she saw was someone in the car or merely a shadow.

She could feel every thud of her heart, and she shivered. Should she call someone? There was no law against parking across the street. She spied the glowing red tip of a cigarette; then the car began to move.

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