Druidess by Theophilus Monroe

Author:Theophilus Monroe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TC Fantasy
Published: 2018-11-02T13:05:06+00:00

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Thankfully, it was the weekend and Joni wouldn’t have to go back to school until Monday. She couldn’t just sit around and wait until Isabelle returned, and she felt like she owed it to Roger to go see his family. They deserved to know, and they might be able to help. Joni wanted to talk to her mother, to ask her something about her family’s strange religion that her father had mentioned the night before. A part of her, though, was glad she was gone running her Saturday morning errands. It would give her time to try and track down Roger’s family.

She knew from Roger’s Facebook profile that he claimed Baton Rouge as his home, and the fact that he arrived so quickly when she’d first messaged him meant he didn’t likely live in the closest Choctaw reservation, which she knew was a few hours to the north. Joni laced up her hiking boots and headed out to the woods where she had stashed Roger’s Jeep. She quickly found an address on his registration paperwork, stuffed in the dash. She pulled out her phone and entered the address into her GPS.

She was eager to get there as quickly as she could, but driving without a license posed a certain degree of risk, so she was extra careful to obey all of the posted speed limits. It was an unseasonably warm and sunny day. The open-cabbed Jeep wouldn’t have provided much cover, or warmth, if the weather had been rainy or cold. Her mind ran furious as she drove. How would she tell his parents what had happened? Wait, he’d mentioned that his father died in a fire. What about his mother and did he have any siblings? Did they know about her? Why didn’t they come when she first messaged him, if they believed any of this at all?

Her thoughts were interrupted by the voice of her GPS telling her she had arrived at her destination. It was a small, single-floor apartment complex made of brick. She pulled into an empty space in front of apartment C, which according to the address on his registration was supposed to be where Roger lived. She unbuckled herself, stepped out of the Jeep, and approached the front door. She took a deep breath and raised her fist to knock. Before she could strike the door, it swung open. Standing in the doorway was an elderly woman, hunched over and leaning on a cane. She had dark, leathery skin, but she could tell that the woman must have been beautiful once. Her long hair, black and gray, was pulled back into a braid that fell midway down the woman’s back and fell to her side.

“Miss Campbell, please come in.”

“You know who I am?”

“Of course, dear. Please, make yourself at home.”

“Thank you,” Joni said as she stepped inside the door.

“Roger’s mom… is she…”

“It is just Roger and me, dear. I suppose he didn’t tell you, but never mind that. I am the only family he has.

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