Dark Advent by Rick Jones

Author:Rick Jones [Jones, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hive Collective
Published: 2015-11-18T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

On the following morning information had spread like wildfire throughout the school. Things like Connor Deveraux was old news and seemingly less dramatic than someone getting chopped and diced beneath the wheels of a train. But when Kimball heard the victim’s name to be Dennis Zeemer, he knew Becki was in serious trouble.

Just as he was about to leave school to check on his cousin, he was at his locker when he heard a familiar voice behind him.

“I saw you at the hospital.”

Kimball turned, only to feel his heart skip a beat or two. Vicki Pastore was standing there wearing sunglasses to cover the bruising on her face. She was holding books tight to her bosom.

“I didn’t know--” What to say.

“You should’ve come in.”

“I . . .”

“You what?”

“I didn’t think you knew who I was,” he finally managed.

“Everyone knows who you are,” she said. “How could anyone not? You’re the biggest guy in the school.”

“I felt bad about what happened to you,” he said.

“The flowers were pretty,” she stated. “I had the nurse pull them out of the trash can right after you left.”

Kimball never felt so embarrassed in his entire life.

Then she rested a hand on his forearm. “Thank you for caring, Kimball. It was really nice of you.”

He looked at her with endearment. Despite the bruises and abrasions, even with the sunglasses hiding most of her features, she was still beautiful. “I have to say something,” he said.

She offered a light smile. “Of course.”

“These,” he pointed to certain landmarks on her face, “weren’t from a fall, were they?”

Her smile faded.

“I can help you, Vicki. If you let me.”

She turned and began to walk away. “Thank you for coming to the hospital,” she answered, her words coming at a rapid clip.

Kimball took up beside her. “Vicki, please. You don’t have to go through this alone. I know it hurts . . . And it’ll continue to hurt. It’ll never go away. But you will learn how to live with it. Let me help you.”

She stopped and turned on him. “How?” She sounded less friendly and curt.

“Tell the truth. Let people know. I guarantee you Travys won’t come at you when I’m standing by your side.”

“You don’t get it, do you?”

“Get what?”

“People like Travys are untouchable.”

“No one’s untouchable.”

She sighed and the features of her face fell slack in sorrow. “He’s surrounded by his team. If you take on Travys, then you take them on as well.”

Kimball never considered this. “There’s always a way.”

“There isn’t.” She reached out and grabbed his forearm again, this time giving him an appreciative squeeze, one that he would long remember. “Thank you, Kimball. You’re very sweet.”

And then she left. Leaving him to wonder if she would ever speak to him again.

“You making a move on my girl?” It was Travys D’Orazio and he wasn’t alone. Three of his lineman were standing alongside him, a posse of fat people.

“Not sure she’s your girl anymore, since you took to beating her.”

His cocky grin faltered. “She slipped off a precipice.

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