Finding Harmony (Katie & Annalise Book 3) by Pamela Fagan Hutchins

Author:Pamela Fagan Hutchins [Hutchins, Pamela Fagan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction: Contemporary Women, Mystery and Thriller: Women Sleuths, Romance: Suspense
ISBN: 9781939889119
Publisher: SkipJack Publishing
Published: 2014-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

Collin insisted on paying for the rooms.

“Don’t worry, sis, you can pay me back later. In fact, I’ll even take a personal check.”

I punched his arm. My brother’s humor and confidence were a lifesaver. If you focused on my helpers—Kurt and Collin—and not my missing husband or the problems back at Annalise, I was pretty darn lucky.

When we got to our musty beachside rooms, Collin and Kurt napped in theirs while I showered in mine. I worried about thugs breaking in the entire time and wished I’d barricaded the door, but blessedly no thugs showed up and the hot water made up for the dank smell. After I got out, I saw a request from Julie to Skype.

We established a connection. I heard the beautiful strains of “What I Did for Love” playing softly in the background before the video showed an image. Julie had taught music all her life until she moved to St. Marcos. I identified the big, emotional Broadway numbers with her.

“Hey,” I said.

Julie was not alone. Rashidi’s friendly face glowed in my LCD screen beside her. “Hey,” they both said.

Julie spoke quickly. “We want to hear everything you have time to tell us, but we also have to let you know what happened here today.”

That sounded bad, and her face looked worse. “More than crazy Tim carrying off Taylor? What’s up?” I asked. “The kids? Tutein?”

“Sort of Tutein. Not really. Good news on that front, though. Rashidi was out with Ava, Laura, and Rob earlier. They found your slave graveyard.”

Rashidi said, “We gonna fix things, Katie. There’s a grave dug up within the last few days, but hard to say. Very suspicious. Anyway, don’t worry, we got it in hand.”

I sure hoped he was right. “You guys are awesome. Even thinking about this right now is more than I can handle. Thank you so much.”

He ducked his head, letting an avalanche of beads and dreadlocks fall forward, and he smiled.

Julie spoke again. “We had a little more excitement here, as well. While Rashidi was out at the graveyard, Ruth and I were here with the kids, feeding them dinner. This was maybe two hours ago, after I talked to you. It had just gotten dark. We both felt this vibration, then the dishes started shaking, and the pictures were rattling on their hooks against the walls, and books were falling off shelves. I thought we were having an earthquake.”

Earthquakes were not uncommon on St. Marcos, so this was a reasonable explanation, unless you lived up at Annalise. I knew what was coming next.

“Of course it wasn’t an earthquake, it was Annalise. We grabbed the kids. The dogs outside started barking like mad, and Oso went crazy, running around all of us like he was herding sheep. And then I heard a screaming noise from outside.”

My hand flew to my throat.

“The noise was a voice, and it became clear it was a man. He was carrying on like a banshee. We looked out the kitchen windows.

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