Bonds That Beckon (Daughters of Anubis Book 1) by Kelli Kimble

Author:Kelli Kimble [Kimble, Kelli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The violent knocks made the door rattle in its frame. We were eating a cold supper of leftover-pot-roast-and-mashed-potato sandwiches. Mother was rubbed too raw by the trip to Gary’s house, and, when we returned, she went straight up to bed to lie down. I wondered if she had a bottle stashed up there — perhaps in the linen closet — but she came down looking much better; it was just too late to make a hot meal.

Daddy looked out the window, and his back straightened. “It’s the sheriff,” he said. Mother and I went to the foyer to see.

Daddy opened the door. Sheriff Stone pushed in without waiting for an invitation.

“What in tarnation did you do?” He jabbed a finger at me and crowded me against the coat tree in the corner. It clattered against the wall, and Daddy reached around to steady it and draw me from the confined space. The sheriff turned with me.

“Sheriff, she’s a minor. I think you can address your questions to me,” he said.

“I don’t know what bologna you’ve been feeding that poor Damien family, but I’ll not have it. I intend to fully prosecute this . . . this girl.”

“How will you do that if they’ve dropped the charges and we won’t be bringing any ourselves?” Daddy deftly stepped in front of me, shielding me.

“I heard how you went to the state police. That’s a dirty business, that. You’re airing our town’s laundry all over the capitol, and not giving a care about it. What kind of people are you?”

“We’re the kind who want justice for our daughter,” Mother said. “And It’s clear we won’t get it from you.”

“Are you crazy? I am the law around here. Me.” He jerked a thumb at his chest. “And you three are getting in the way of that.”

“Mr. Stone,” Mother said. “We’ve no need of your services this evening, though we did need you several nights back, and I’m certain you didn’t mean to hang up on Iris, but you did. So, if you have anything else to say, then I’m going to firmly request that you state it to our lawyer.” Mother stepped forward, crowding him. She stood half a head shorter than him, but he backed away.

He sneered at her and put a hand on the butt of the gun holstered at his waist.

“You people should just go back where you came from,” he said. He turned and went out the door, slamming it behind him.

Mother slumped against Daddy’s side. “Maybe he’s right.”

“No. He’s not. This is our home, goddammit. And I’m not going to let that snake push us out of it.”

We returned to the dining room to finish our meal, but none of us had an appetite.

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