Fury's Fire by Lisa Papademetriou

Author:Lisa Papademetriou [Papademetriou, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-375-89935-5
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

From the Walfang Gazette

Police Blotter

Authorities were called to the house of Mary Walters last night at 9:47 p.m., where a suspect was engaged in vandalizing property. Shaun Walters, son of Mary Walters, had locked himself in his room, and was heard destroying the furniture therein. Ms. Walters had her son taken in for emergency psychiatric evaluation.…

The minute the Gremlin pulled into the driveway, Will darted out of his room. It was almost two in the morning, and he had been waiting for Gretchen to get home. Waiting, and trying not to worry. Unsuccessfully.

She hadn’t replied to any of his calls, any of his texts.

But what could he do about it?

He had spent his time staring out his window at the house across the creek. The wooden shingle siding was a pale smudge against the darkness. The charcoal outline of the trees stood sentry against the starry sky. As usual, a soft yellow light spilled from a window in the corner, casting illumination on the gate and grass beyond. Every now and again, the breeze would carry a few notes as far as Will’s open window. Will remembered how, when his hearing was better, he would fall asleep to the sounds of Johnny’s music.

The scene would have been tranquil to most eyes, but to Will’s fearful mind, the house seemed more like a lighthouse at the center of rocky shallows, calling Gretchen back to uncertain moorings.

He wasn’t sure why he felt so uneasy tonight, but the fear had been growing in him over the past several days and had finally reached a fever pitch. As the minutes crawled by, Will watched the stillness for any sign of her. Every passing car made his heart leap with hope that she’d finally come home, and then came the inevitable disappointment as the headlights shone straight across the black asphalt and kept going, out of sight.

She was late. Late. And she wasn’t answering her cell phone. His heart pulsed with the fear of what it might mean, and his mind struggled to keep up with rational thoughts: She ran into a friend. She went to a midnight movie. She left her phone at home. Customers came in late; she had to stay. Angel and Lisette invited her over. And on and on. A thousand possibilities, all perfectly reasonable, but none as compelling as the undefined fear that haunted him.

And that was why, when the Gremlin finally pulled into the driveway, Will darted out of his room before the headlights cut off. He rushed out the front door and across the side lawn, over the small bridge, and into Gretchen’s yard.

She was still sitting in the driver’s seat, her forehead pressed against the steering wheel. Will knocked against the window, and she turned her face to look at him.

“What happened?” he asked, yanking open the car door. His heart plummeted at the sight of her. Even in the darkness, he could see her despairing expression. The sleeve of her shirt was torn, her hair snarled.

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