Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dale Mayer
Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 9781773360669
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2023-09-10T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 10
Friday, Late Afternoon â¦
It was all Queenie could do to keep her eyes open and her hands on the steering wheel as she navigated slowly through town. Vehicles honked at her because she was going so slow, but she didnât dare go any faster. Her reflexes were not normal. For whatever reason, something was draining the hell out of her. She understood her temper tantrum and her long day, but right now it seemed like something so much more, something else, was pulling at her energy stores.
With her instincts kicking in, she called out, âIf thatâs youâpiss off.â
There was a surprised silence, and then her Watcher said in an aggrieved voice, Maybe Iâm trying to help you.
If you were helping me, she snapped, I wouldnât feel like Iâm walking through molasses, that I can hardly keep my eyes open. Youâd be giving me healing energy.
Well, thatâs an interesting description, he said cheerfully. And youâre right. I havenât been helping you. Iâve been watching you.
And Iâm wondering if that isnât draining my energy too.
Donât know why it would. Itâs effort on my part, not your part.
She thought, Well, it should be on my part too. She considered that and realized he was effortlessly accessing her energy when she couldnât even keep him out. She was burning through her energy trying to.
Oh, you canât keep me out, he said. Iâm much too evolved for that.
Evolved? she said sarcastically. She pulled onto the block just one away from hers. She wasnât at all sure it was safe to let him see where she lived.
I havenât seen the address, but Iâve seen the inside of your place. Tsk, tsk. Thatâs pretty disgusting.
Itâs home, she said. She drove past her place and wondered what her options were. In the background she thought she heard someone call a name. Oh, look at that? David, youâre being called, she said cheerfully.
Silence followed for a long moment. How did you hear that?
She grinned at the anger in his voice. I have no idea. But I just heard you being called.
No, you couldnât have, he said angrily. Nobody can hear that.
Somebody called you David.
Instantly he disappeared from her mind.
David. ⦠That made him sound much more normal. More human. Less like an exalted all-powerful being with abilities she couldnât combat. Because human meant he made mistakes. Buoyed by the thought that she had a weapon to turn against him, she quickly pulled around the block and parked outside her place. She got out, went into her apartment before he could see her traveling. Inside she locked the door, tossed down her purse, emptied her pockets of the money and threw herself onto the bed.
The phone call from Kirk had probably killed her limited energy reserves as well. âThe least he could do was repay me for the prepaid minutes he used up on my cell,â she muttered out loud. And then she didnât give a damn because she was already drifting off to sleep. But it wasnât to be.
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