Grimaulkin Tempted by L A Jacob

Author:L A Jacob [Jacob, L A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944412999
Publisher: Paper Angel Press
Published: 2017-12-01T08:00:00+00:00

I finally blurted out, as we were on I-495, “He’s got some power.”

She knew who I was talking about. “He said he was touched by an angel when he was a boy.”

“Angels.” I snorted. “More like fallen angels, if you ask me.”

“How do you know?”

“Because angels don’t concern themselves with men unless God tells them to.” I watched the scenery pass by. “And God doesn’t care.”

“Oh, Mikey, God cares.”

“God didn’t summon that demon, I did.” I thumped my chest. “Me. If God didn’t want that demon to come into existence, he wouldn’t have let me summon it. Besides, while I was in that holy prison, there were plenty of chances for God to come along and tell me how saved I could be.”

“Don’t be angry at God.”

“I’m not angry at God. I just don’t need him.”

Becky sighed. “You know, my old self would argue with you. But some days, I think you’re right. That God has left us all to take care of ourselves. Preachers are there keep us in line. But after it’s all said and done, God isn’t going to care if I worked on His Sabbath day or not.”

“Because you’re living a good life, Becky. A human life.”

She glanced at me and smiled, then turned back to the road. “You are too, Mike.”

“I’m trying like hell.”

We got back to her place, with just enough time for her to change into her work clothes and run back out the door. “I should be home around 9:30 and then I’ll take you home,” she said.

I surveyed the living room after she left. It really wasn’t that bad, once you moved the large items back to their respective places. The TV cable had been yanked out of the back of it, but otherwise it was fine. I picked up the snowglobe. It said “Montreal, Quebec” on it.

I remembered for a minute when we went to Montreal. I must have been very young, 8 or 9. I remember it being boring, going in and out of shops, driving around the city, looking at uninteresting buildings. My mother went into a fancy boutique, and the lady there fussed all over me. I remember Phil being rambunctious, hiding among the racks of clothes. My father ending up taking us kids outside for ice cream.

Phil. I wondered what he’d be doing right now if I hadn’t killed him. Well, I hadn’t killed him; Belial had. Under my orders, but I really didn’t kill him, did I? Just like the seven other people.

I had five years to think on that, and decided that yes, I had killed them all. Maybe the Rosicrucians knew and set me free because they figured I felt remorse. But oftentimes, I didn’t. I was glad Phil was gone, because I always felt he was in my way. Even now, with my father, his specter was in the way.

I placed the snowglobe on the entertainment center, above the TV. Just as I did, the phone rang.

She must have had an answering machine, I thought.

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