Crystal Beach (Crow Hill Book 1) by Larcombe Tom

Author:Larcombe, Tom [Larcombe, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: TML
Published: 2014-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 12

Michael woke to the sun shining in his window. He stayed in bed, staring at the window.

Why not? There's no-one around until Jeff gets here and since it isn't a school day, he'll come by later. There's no reason for me to get out of bed since I'm the only one here. What am I going to do if I get up? I'll just bury myself under the covers and...

Michael's bout with self-pity was interrupted by a staccato tapping on the window. When he heard the sound, a slight grin flitted across his face.

Correction. Calvin's here and he'll keep doing that until I open the window for him.

He dragged himself out of bed and opened the window. Calvin flew into the room and took his perch on the dresser, staring into the mirror.

Michael suppressed a chuckle.

“Alright Calvin, I'm up. What do you want, food?”

“Caw!”

“I'll take that as a yes. Let me get dressed and we'll have breakfast.”

Michael pulled his clothes on and opened the door.

“Come on, Calvin,” he said.

The crow flew over and landed on Michael's shoulder. Michael wasn't sure, but he thought that Calvin intentionally wing buffeted his head while landing.

“What was that for?” Michael asked.

Calvin leaned forward and stared at Michael's eyes for a moment.

“Yeah, so I was indulging in some self pity. I'm used to having someone around here all the time. The house just feels empty with only me in it.”

“Caw!”

“Yes, you're here, but you were outside then.”

Calvin leaped from Michael's shoulder and flew down into the kitchen. Michael followed after him and fixed them both breakfast. He was putting the dishes in the sink when he noticed the stains on the table from the strawberries they'd had for lunch the day before. He thought of Jeff and Liz for a moment before remembering what Liz had seen.

Crap, I need to pay better attention. I should've remembered when I woke up. I'll take care of it now though.

He went back upstairs and removed his rifle and magazines from the gun safe. Once again, he slid the magazines into his pockets. The rifle went over his back on its sling.

I'll keep this nearby, just in case. My house might not be unoccupied, but it is just as remote as the trailer they broke into yesterday.

He took his rifle and his second cup of coffee onto the back porch. It was Sunday so the mine was closed. For a moment he thought he saw a flicker of light over near the mine entrance. He decided to keep an eye out in that direction while he finished his coffee. Then he'd go over and check it out.

He put his coffee mug in the sink and then walked to the mine entrance. A small patch of dust on the ground glittered in the sunlight.

I guess the current crushed rock we're pulling out has a high mica content or something. It must have blown up a little in a breeze and caught the sun... Except there's no wind.

He shrugged and shook his head, then turned to walk back to the house.

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