Possession by Rene Gutteridge

Author:Rene Gutteridge
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Suspense
ISBN: 9781414350943
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010-12-24T05:00:00+00:00

20

“Lindy . . .”

She heard it again and this time there was no mistaking it. She stumbled backward, staring at the closet door, hitting her head against the wall behind her. The broom fell to the ground.

She grabbed her chest, trying to breathe. Then reached for the door and yanked it open.

Crumpled inside the closet, arms twisted grotesquely behind her, was Karen.

Dark, furious red blood soaked through her cream blouse. Lindy dropped to her knees, covering her mouth so she wouldn’t scream.

“Lindy . . .”

“Don’t talk. It’s okay. . . . It’s okay.” Lindy grabbed a cotton hoodie off its hanger and yanked it down. She opened Karen’s blouse. A bullet hole. Blood pumped out like a pulsating fountain. She pressed the hoodie against it, but within seconds it turned wet.

She could hear her cell phone ringing. She needed to call 911. Lindy pulled Karen’s arm from behind her. “Karen, hold this on the wound. I’m going to go get help.”

“I can’t . . . I can’t feel them anymore.”

Lindy started to get up. Her phone was still ringing.

“No . . .” Karen’s eyes glowed with fear, with urgency, widening with each breath she took. “I am going to die.” Her words sounded like gasps. “I need to tell you something.”

Lindy grabbed the doorknob to help lower herself. Her legs were shaking so badly she wasn’t even sure she could make it to the phone.

“Mom?”

Lindy turned. The door of the open closet was blocking Conner’s view of Karen. She jumped to her feet. “Conner, don’t ask questions. I want you to go to your room and close the door. Do you understand me? Now. Go. Don’t come out until I tell you!”

Conner backed up, his eyes searching what was sure to be his mother’s terrified expression. For once, he didn’t question. He just did. She heard the door shut as she dropped to her knees again.

Karen’s lips trembled as she tried to speak. “I’m so sorry.”

“What happened? Who did this to you?”

“I did something . . .” Her dulling eyes spilled tears onto her pale cheeks. She tried to turn her head a little, but she didn’t seem to have much control. “I thought he loved me.”

“Who? Is that who shot you?”

“But you told me about you and Vance. And I knew I didn’t have that.” She gasped again for air. “I thought if we just had some money, we might be happy.” She swallowed, her eyes fading, gazing downward. “But you had nothing, and you were making it. . . .”

“Karen, who did this to you?”

“He told me he loved me, but he never . . . I’m sorry, Lindy. You turned out to be . . .” Another gasp for air, this time with less strength. “. . . and I didn’t mean to hurt you.”

Lindy stared at her, watching the life slip right out of her.

She struggled for two more breaths. “Joe told me it would all be okay . . .”

“Joe?”

“He . . . It went wrong.

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