Georgia On My Mind (A Magnolias and Moonshine novella Book 7) by Amanda McIntyre & Magnolias & Moonshine

Author:Amanda McIntyre & Magnolias & Moonshine [McIntyre, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Georgia avoided his gaze, seeing the curiosity that flashed across his face. She was grateful when he helped gather their picnic items instead of pursuing the subject of her son.

She waited behind as he dropped the basket in the truck and locked it. He tucked the blanket under his arm. “You know, I haven’t been back here since the night we met,” she said as he returned to her. His blue-eyed gaze met hers and the memory of that night—a lifetime ago--played in her brain, including the first time he’d kissed her. “Now that I’m all grown up, it might not seem so spooky.”

He took her hand. “Come on, then. Let’s check it out.”

She followed as he led the way through the woods, spotting relics—beer cans, an old shoe, a crumpled cigarette pack—scattered along the way.

“Chances are we’re headed in the right direction.” Justin grinned over his shoulder.

Between the clouds gathering overhead and the dense forest of trees, Georgia didn’t lag far behind.

“I think I see it,” he said, pushing aside a spray of low pine branches.

She followed him into a clearing and stood at his shoulder as they stared at the ramshackle bones of what was once a fine rural home.

“I thought this place was on the register of historic homes,” she said, glancing at him. “Wasn’t it supposedly used as a hospital during the Civil War?”

The majority of windows on the main floor were boarded up. The upper story windows stared cold and dark out over the trees.

“That’s what I understood.” He shrugged. “I’ll go around to the other side. You stay here. Hold this.” He handed her the blanket and eyed the front porch roof. A corner drooped precariously low on one side. “Whatever you do, don’t go near that porch.”

He trotted off.

“This isn’t much good against a zombie attack,” she called after him as he disappeared around the corner of the house.

She scanned her surroundings, her senses heightened to the strange woodland sounds. A rumble of thunder rolled across the sky, followed by a loud bang. Her heart leapt. Twice more the banging came, and her heart tried to claw its way out her chest. More disturbing was the silence that followed. It had seemed an eternity since Justin had walked around to the other side of the house. She chided herself mentally for letting her imagination spin into overdrive.

A single raindrop landed on her arm, followed by another, then another. She glanced up as the sky seemed to open up. A torrential rain fell in straight sheets from the heavens. “Justin!” She blinked away the temporary obstacle of water obscuring her vision.

“Come on, follow me.”

She felt his hand grab hers, tugging her around to the side of the house as they ran through the torrential rain.

“Down here.” He pointed to the open cellar door.

“You’re serious?” The entrance yawned like a dark cave. “It’s pitch black down there,” she reasoned, even as her sodden dress began to cling to her body.

“We could try to run back through the woods to the truck.

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