Blood Sisters by Jim O'Shea

Author:Jim O'Shea [O'Shea, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Clean and Wholesome Novels, Religion and Spirituality, Christian Fiction, inspirational fiction
ISBN: 9781522302704
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2020-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

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Libby pressed her back against the outside wall of a small storefront, wishing she could simply dissolve into the cold limestone. Despite the fact that her eyes were squeezed shut, she could feel two other identical ones focused on her from across the street.

Nature is governed by the simplest of laws, one of which clearly states the fact that one person cannot physically be in two different places at the same time. That eliminated the possibility that Libby herself had just stepped out of the front door of the Tooele National Bank building across the street. Another maintained that when a person died they were dead, and not able to visit financial institutions or drive cars. Despite those well-accepted rules, Libby’s dearly departed twin sister now sat and stared at her from the driver’s seat of a car parked in front of downtown Tooele’s only bank.

Sight, therefore, was no longer a valid sense like touch and smell. It had apparently acquired new properties, capable of bending light and twisting reality based on circumstance. For Libby, the biological sciences notwithstanding, what her eyes perceived no longer seemed trustworthy.

She wasn’t quite sure how long she stood on the downtown Tooele sidewalk, but when the sky ruptured and released torrents of rain, it forced her inside a small bake shop. She was sitting at a table staring blankly through a silver curtain of rain, when a burst of lightening lit up the window. It was when she saw her clear reflection in the glass that a sudden and profound realization washed over her. The enemy stalking her was real.

Not a psychological disorder, not a ghost or demon—at least not in spiritual form—but flesh and blood. Flesh and blood that apparently had an account at Tooele National. Libby pulled her cell phone from her purse and selected a name from the list of recent calls. Aisha picked up on the first ring.

“What up, girly girl?”

“Azzi, I know you’re traveling...” Libby paused, sucking air through her mouth in loud, halting gasps. “I’m sure you’re very busy, but I need to talk to you.”

“What’s the matter, honey?”

“I…” Libby’s teeth gritted together involuntarily, and she had to force them to relax. “I just saw Melissa.” The words sounded bizarre as they left her mouth, and were met by a stark silence. “I know this is impossible to believe, but Melissa just walked right out of Tooele National as plain as day.”

More silence, until Aisha spoke in an uncharacteristically nervous voice. “Did you get a selfie with her?”

Libby pressed the red End button on her phone and set it on the table. She stared at her reflection again in the window as the phone rang, and reached out to touch the cold, hard glass. It was solid, and her reflection moved in synch with her body. She needed that.

Her phone went silent but when it began buzzing again, Libby pressed the green CALL button and held it up to her ear.

“I’m the worst friend in the history of the world,” the familiar voice said.

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