Over the Edge by Mary Connealy

Author:Mary Connealy [Connealy, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780764209130
Google: V_RABt5PGfcC
Amazon: 0764209132
Goodreads: 12963150
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2012-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter

17

“Callie, how much do you know about Seth’s cavern?”

Julia had shown up at noon with food for them all. They wolfed down the meal and went straight back to work. Julia stopped Callie before she could join them.

“He told me about it today for the first time. Is it around here?” Callie had to admit she was curious about what had gone on with Seth to leave him so scarred. “Plenty of caves in a mountain range.”

Julia looked left and right and whispered, “Follow me. I’ll show you the entrance.”

Callie would’ve preferred to keep tearing at the cabin, but she still ached from her shootout, and a little break wouldn’t be the worst idea in the world.

Seth and Rafe were busy. Ethan and Heath had gone back to cutting down trees. Callie let Julia drag her along behind what was left of the cabin. They reached a steep trail that led down to a stream.

“We don’t have time to ford that,” Callie said. “Let’s get back to work.”

“It won’t take long, I promise.” Julia headed down into a dark gully that sent a chill up Callie’s spine. What if there was a rainstorm? The steep walls edging this stream would fill up fast.

Julia went on fearlessly, so Callie tagged along, moving quickly.

When they’d climbed the other side, Julia went straight for a black hole in the ground and dropped to her knees beside it.

Following her, Callie peered down into a bottomless pit and took two quick steps back. “What is that?”

“It’s a cavern.”

Callie went to her knees, feeling a little less likely to go plunging in, and stretched out to look down into the pitch-black. “Seth likes it down there?”

Julia reared back to sit on her heels. “I do, too. It’s the most beautiful place.”

Callie looked skeptical. “How can you tell? It’s pretty dark.”

“I don’t suppose you can draw a picture, can you?”

Strange question. “I’ve always had a knack for drawing.”

With a thrilled gasp, Julia grabbed Callie by the wrist. “Can you really? Are you telling the truth?”

“Are you calling me a liar?” Callie asked with a scowl.

Instead of a shootout, Julia threw her arms around Callie and gave her about the biggest hug of her life.

Then Julia let go and began clawing in one of her pockets. She brought out a folded-up piece of paper and a pencil.

“Take this and listen to me. Draw what I tell you.”

“What? We need to get back to the cabin.”

“Just do it.”

Callie jumped and took the paper.

“This is really important.”

Callie suspected her idea of what was important was real different from Julia’s. But right now, it seemed sketching out a quick picture would get Callie back to work faster than trying to escape from her overly excited sister-in-law.

“At the bottom of this cavern entrance is a room about twenty feet tall and about the same distance around.”

Callie shook her head. “And you think that’s more important than building a cabin?”

Julia tapped impatiently on the paper. “Draw it. And make it small; there’s a lot more.

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