One Day She'll Darken by Fauna Hodel

Author:Fauna Hodel
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781631682483
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
Published: 2019-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Aunt Rosie quickly qualified as a foster parent and welcomed Pat with open arms, a comforting smile and an old coffee can.

“What’s in there?” Pat asked when she saw her near the front door.

Rosie opened the top and let Pat take a peek. “It looks like egg shells. And what’s that? Seeds, dried leaves, and what else? Bird feathers?” Pat asked in wonderment.

“And some other special things that most people never heard of,” said Rosie. “Now you just head on up to your room and put away your belongings. You know where they all go.”

Pat turned to go to her room, but she was still curious and turned to watch her aunt. Rosie stepped outside the front door and spread some of the contents at the entranceway. Pat overheard her murmuring something about evil spirits.

“What are you doing?” Pat asked.

“I’m just making sure your wicked mother don’t bother you no more. I got spells that’ll keep the likes of her away—and a whole lot more. This stuff is more powerful than she’ll ever be. That crazy woman will never cross this threshold. Don’t you worry about that.

“Now that that’s taken care of,” she brushed her hands together and then turned to Pat. “Well, what are you doing? Don’t worry, between this, and God, and His angels, no one will bother us. So don’t just stand there—go do something. You can’t just stand there and do nothing. Always keep busy. Always keep busy. Idleness is the devil’s workshop. Get goin’, get goin’.”

Rosie’s energy level was always high, she was constantly chattering about something. She seldom let anyone finish a sentence without interjecting her point. There was rarely a lull when she was around. She believed in all psychic phenomena: reincarnation, telepathy, and anything else in the realm of the unexplained. Many times she sat Pat down and passed on stories about mysterious events or odd people that she knew.

Rosie was confident in relaying her opinion, and Pat believed her without question, whether it was history, religion, politics, or medicine—particularly medicine. Aunt Rosie’s herbs cured almost anything. She had a sixth sense that gave her an inside track on anyone who was ill, sometimes before they knew it. She was quick to the rescue with a special cure. Without asking, she took charge of their care. More often than not, whether through the body’s natural healing process, or due to Aunt Rosie’s herbs, minerals, and home remedies, the patient was better within a few days, a week at the most. No one understood her methods, and certainly no one dared to argue, she preferred it that way.

One exception, of course, was Inez, Rosie’s niece. She got the brunt of Aunt Rosie’s natural cures. A few years ago, when she first complained of a sore throat and slight swelling in her neck, Aunt Rosie became concerned. Without outside consultation, she diagnosed her with complete confidence. She proceeded to confine her to bed, keeping her bundled with blankets and having her drink plenty of liquids.

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