In Pieces by Christa Lynn

Author:Christa Lynn [Lynn, Christa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christa Lynn
Published: 2016-04-17T05:00:00+00:00

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Emma has been teaching me how to pickle vegetables, dry meat, and other Susie Homemaker things, and I’m wiped out, kicked back on the sofa in the living room. She’s taking a nap, and I’m just enjoying some quiet time. I wonder how the guys are doing on their trek, and I’m anxious for them to get back so Kane and I can go to Arrow’s Crossing. I just hope that the old house is still standing, maybe find my Mama and Hank. I have a gut feeling Mama didn’t make it, but I’m sure Hank survived. I can’t imagine where he’d be right now, but I’ll do what I can to find him.

I look out the window, and the sun is high in the sky so I grab my gun and tuck my knife into my back pocket and go for a walk. Remembering the last time, I head out the back door and down toward the river. The rushing of the water is peaceful, and I suck in a deep breath of fresh air. I watch the water rushing downstream and find myself staring at the beaten path that runs along the riverbank. I throw the bag over my shoulder and start walking upstream to see where it goes. Kane has been gone for a couple of days now, and that has me worried. I know he and the others headed out this way, maybe I’ll find them.

As I walk upstream, a creepy feeling overwhelms me. I stop and look around, but everything seems to be okay. I look back and I’m not that far from the house and I can see the smaller houses that dot the property. So, I march along the path when something in the water catches my eye. It’s aways upstream, but the current is bringing whatever it is quickly downstream.

As my eyes focus, I figure out what it is. “Fuck me,” I whisper to myself.

Body parts

I squint my eyes in the bright sun and see there’s more than one—an arm and a foot? “Holy shit, where are they coming from?” I ask myself as I scan the river bed. I don’t see anything out of the ordinary, but I take my gun out of my waistband and remove the safety. I start walking upstream toward the top of the hill. Birds fly from the tops of the trees and something scurries away, a squirrel maybe. My nerves are on high alert. I have no idea what’s out here, and I’m thinking now that leaving the house might not have been such a good idea. Curiosity has got me by the throat and I have to find out where those body parts came from.

The ground crunches under my feet, dried leaves and twigs falling from the trees as autumn is just around the corner. I try to step as quietly as possible, but it’s not happening. Something off to my right flies up into the air, and as I focus on it, I can see it’s a vulture.

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