Paula Lester - 04 Clairvoyant Clues by Paula Lester

Author:Paula Lester [Lester, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paula Lester
Published: 2019-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Zoey sat with her mother for thirty minutes, watching closely for any signs that she may return to lucidity. Steve brought them each a plate of ham and potatoes, seeming to understand that Zoey wasn’t going to be able to honor her agreement to have dinner with him. Helen ate a few bites of food and then returned to gazing out the window, seeming to have fallen deeply back within her own mind. Back out of Zoey’s reach.

Slowly, the room filled with residents again as they finished dinner. Eventually, the main topic of discussion returned to Cyrus, and things got heated again. Everyone had a different idea about the best way to help him.

Eventually, Zoey joined in the lively discussion too. “The only way I know to help Cyrus is to figure out where Iris is and who was really involved in taking her.”

Shawna frowned. “But how do we do that? I mean, Iris was our psychic.”

“We don’t need a psychic. We can do it the old-fashioned way—by following clues,” Snores insisted. Even though he’d been retired from police life for years, he still thought like a cop.

“What clues?” Shawna scoffed. “I don’t see anything jumping out at us.”

Zoey exchanged a glance with Steve, who nodded. “Actually, we have one tiny clue, but Steve and I can’t figure out what to do with it.”

Silence descended upon the room. Everyone gathered closer to hear what Zoey had to say. She almost giggled as everyone gazed raptly at her, like kindergarteners waiting to hear a story. “We visited Iris’ twin sister, Darlene, and she gave us Iris’ premonition journal. Her last foretelling was that someone was grabbed by a dark figure and dragged to a house under a huge apple tree.”

Retirees blinked and exchanged befuddled glances with each other. Maria cleared her throat. “Is that it, dear?”

Zoey nodded and shrugged. “That’s it. Does anyone know of a particularly huge apple tree in or around Sunnyside?”

There was more blinking and exchanging of glances, followed by the shaking of many gray heads.

“You know, in my day, there were a lot more apple trees around here than there are now,” Maria mused. “In fact, this whole area was orchards and fields. It’s really grown up so much.”

The residents launched into a discussion about businesses that had come and gone and all the development they’d seen in Sunnyside during their lives. It was well past eleven by the time Zoey, Steve, and Kelli managed to get everyone to abandon their reminiscing and head to bed.

Steve and Zoey climbed the stairs toward their suites together. When they got to the top of the stairs, he gathered her into a hug. “How are you holding up?”

“I’m okay.” Her voice was muffled against his shoulder. “My mom was lucid for a few minutes, and she gave me some closure on stuff that happened before she disappeared.”

Steve pulled back to look her in the eyes, a wide grin on his face. “That’s fantastic. How are you feeling about what she said?”

Zoey shrugged.

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