Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist

Author:Raymond E. Feist [Feist, Raymond E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9780553277838
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 1988-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

OCTOBER 1

Gabbie rushed down the hall as the phone rang for the fifth time. She was dripping wet and furious as she attempted to keep the towel wrapped around her. As she sped past the twins' room, she said, "Thanks, brats!"

Sean and Patrick looked up from where they were reading comic books and exchanged questioning glances. They had no idea what she was talking about. They had both been off in a four-color world populated by costumed superheroes and space adventures, and something as mundane as a phone ringing was not going to break their concentration. Patrick looked out the window, heavily streaked by rain, and silently wondered, Is it ever going to stop?

"Sure," said Sean. "Just in time for school on Monday." Neither thought it odd they shared that silent communication from time to time. They had been doing it since birth.

Patrick returned to his comic, grumbling inaudibly. School was more than a month old and the rain had seemed constant since the second day. Either it was pouring, or the ground at the park was too muddy to play ball. Now another Saturday was almost shot. They hadn't played an inning in three weeks and both were feeling deprived. The kids at school didn't want to play baseball much anymore, anyway. It was football season, and while both twins liked touch football, it wasn't the same as a good baseball game. It was a sure sign the summer was long gone, the next an impossibly distant time away. Besides, next year was Little League, and while excited at the prospect of organized play, the boys also sensed that some element of freedom was slipping from their young lives.

Sean studied his brother. His own sense of gloom was reflected back by Patrick's, but with that reflection came a darker shadow. Sean knew Patrick still seethed inside to get back at the Bad Thing, but hoped that with school occupying his energies Patrick would become content to wait through the last two weeks of October, until November 1, when all the Good People left. But deep within he knew it was unlikely. Patrick was an open book for Sean. Sometime soon Patrick would act.

Gabbie stormed back in the other direction, halting long enough to say, "Damn salesman! If the phone rings again while I'm in the bath, one of you monsters better pick it up or I'll. . . ." She let the sentence go unfinished as her little brothers showed nothing resembling concern over the vague threat; she hadn't the faintest notion of what she'd do if they didn't. And the towel was small enough that it didn't quite cover most of what Gabbie wanted covered. The comic struggle with the towel undermined her attempt at looking menacing. She gave up and left.

Patrick observed, "She takes a lot of showers and baths."

Sean nodded. "Girls do that. They don't like dirt." With that sage insight they returned to their comics.

After a while the phone rang again. Sean looked up and saw that Patrick was lost in the latest adventures of Wonder Woman.

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