Death in the Beginning (The God Tools: Book 1) by Williams Gary & Knerly Vicky

Author:Williams, Gary & Knerly, Vicky [Williams, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Suspense Publishing
Published: 2014-01-08T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY

Wednesday, August 17, 9:32 a.m. – St. Augustine, Florida

“How did you know your brake line had been cut?” Curt asked, as he toweled off his hair. He was wearing crisp new blue jeans and a stark white tee shirt Scott and Sherri had bought for him at the store. It was his only attire besides the smoke-laden clothes he had been wearing when he escaped his burning house. Sherri had transferred everything from the pockets of his dirty pants to his blue jeans.

After being interviewed by the fire department, and after a brief interview with several reporters—one who just had to bring up the “gunpowder magazine curse”—Curt had rented a room in the Radisson several doors down from Sherri’s and Tina’s room. Fortunately, his Mustang had been far enough away in the driveway that it did not suffer any fire damage, and although his keys were still somewhere amid the ashes of his house, Curt had a duplicate key stashed in his wallet.

Scott sat to the side of the hotel room bed at the small table. “I have Austin to thank. He woke me up by meowing nonstop in the window. I saw a figure run out of the driveway and jump into a car. I went outside to check our vehicles and found brake fluid on the pavement underneath the wheels of my Tahoe. It was a slow leak, but given that I was driving the highway to St. Augustine today, I could have easily been killed. Fortunately, they left Kay’s car alone, or maybe I scared them off before they got to it.”

Sherri thought a moment and said, “With the brake line barely cut, if you had crashed, it probably would have appeared accidental. That’s like something straight out of a CSI episode.”

“It’s too frightening to think about,” Scott said.

“Yeah, like having your house burn to the ground with you in it,” Curt said. He turned to Sherri. “At least now we understand his comment about the family cat saving his life. By the way, where’s Tina?”

“The babysitter, Ms. Coy, is feeling better today. We dropped her off on the way back from the store.” Sherri paused. She curled her brow. “Curt, do you have any idea how the fire started?”

“No, but given what happened to Scott, and the fact that both my bedroom door and all the windows were sealed shut, I’m sure it was deliberate.” He paused in thought. “I’m a nice guy, as long as you don’t ask my ex-wife’s opinion. Why would someone do such a thing?” Curt sighed dejectedly, looking to the carpet. “Everything I owned was in that house. Thank God I was still wearing my pants with my wallet in them.” He looked up. “Any word from Sydney?”

Sherri shook her head. She wore a pained expression.

Even though he had just lost his house and all his worldly possessions, Curt felt for her.

Scott rose, walked to the window. “Curt, we’ve gotten ourselves wrapped up in something way over our heads. Someone tried to kill us both.

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