Peri Jean Mace- The Complete Series by Catie Rhodes

Author:Catie Rhodes [Rhodes, Catie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-15T22:00:00+00:00

Cecil went to get his golf cart while Dillon talked Jadine into keeping Zander.

“But it doesn’t matter that I can’t see.” Jadine threw her arms around to make her point. “I know things. I might be able to see where he took her.”

“Somebody’s got to keep Zander, and I refuse to not search for my own damn daughter.” Dillon’s tone could have made paint peel. “Keep your cellphone handy. If you have any insights, get in touch.”

Jadine picked up Zander, who’d been using his mother’s legs to hold himself upright. The little boy’s balance still needed some work. The two of them headed back toward the RV. After a few steps, Jadine withdrew a metal cane and extended it.

“Doesn’t somebody need to help her?” I whispered to Dillon.

“Yes, but she’d pull a fit right now if we tried.” Dillon stared out at the dark woods and shivered. “Zora’s probably cold wherever she is.” Her voice broke, and she turned away from me. “You really think you can find her?”

“I won’t quit until I do.” My family needed my help. It didn’t matter if I decided to stay in their lives. Memaw taught me to always help others. No matter the cost.

Besides, I felt responsible. The Coachman came here for me. Didn’t he? I thought back over the encounter. Had he engineered it all to get Zora? Maybe. Why did he need both of us?

Cecil approached in the golf cart. “Why’d y’all let Jadine wander off alone?”

Finn shrugged and got into the passenger seat. Cecil turned to him. “Not this time, son. Peri Jean and I need to talk.”

Finn frowned but got into the cart’s backseat with Dillon. The two of them clasped hands like teenagers. I sat next to Cecil.

“Just pass that bag back to Finn if it’s in your way.” Cecil gestured at a dark canvas bag on the golf cart’s floorboards.

“It’s fine.” I reached to move the bag, and something clanked inside. “What’s in here?”

“It’s my ghost fighting stuff. Stuff I ain’t used in some thirty years. But I still know what to do.” Cecil maneuvered the golf cart onto a wide path going into the woods. It ran alongside the route through which the Coachman had approached. “The woods end at an open field. I’ve never seen a spirit take a human and can’t imagine he could’ve carried Zora far. That field would be the first logical place for them to stop.” He drove a bit without speaking. “The story I told at the campfire was the one I was trying to tell you back in the RV. Seems so unimportant now.”

I’d almost forgotten. “I’m sorry we kept interrupting you. Tell me what you know.”

Cecil thought for several seconds. “You know Samantha worked most of her adult life for the Lakeworth Brothers Circus?”

I shook my head.

“Well, she did. They called Samantha the Gypsy Woman. She read fortunes, but really she was a witch, just like her mother, Priscilla Herrera.” He paused, maybe thinking about Samantha. An orphan most of her life, she must have been a tough lady.

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