Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein

Author:Garth Stein [Stein, Garth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense, Adventure, Cultural Heritage, Psychological, Psychological Fiction, Mothers and Sons
ISBN: 9780061806384
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-02-24T20:02:00+00:00

FIELD JOINED THE SHERIFF and Eddie out on the porch. They were arguing about whether or not to call off the search. The men were tired and nothing had been turned up. Furthermore, nobody had reported a child missing. If a child did drown, he had no parents to worry about him.

“Eddie,” the sheriff said, “if there was a boy—”

“I saw him.”

“I know, I know. Let’s say there was a boy. Let’s say he ran out into the water—”

“He did.”

“He could have let the current carry him down the beach some and come back ashore. Understand? Nobody’s missing. We don’t know if there’s a body out there.”

“I saw it, Brent,” Eddie snapped at the sheriff. “With my own damn eyes. He swam out, went under, and never came up. Don’t be an ass.”

The sheriff ground his teeth. “It was dark, Ed.”

“Jenna saw it, too.”

“No, she didn’t,” Field broke in. Both men stopped and looked at Field.

“She said she isn’t sure anymore. She’s not sure the boy drowned.”

Sheriff looked at Eddie and shrugged. “She’s not sure, Ed. I can’t let these men risk their lives searching for something she’s not sure about. I’m calling it off.”

Sheriff Larson squeezed Eddie’s shoulder in a peremptory way. He didn’t want any further discussion about it. He stepped off the porch and headed down to the water to round up the men.

Eddie laughed bitterly.

“Jesus Christ. She’s not sure. I saw it, Field. I saw the little fucker drown.” He looked Field in the eye. “I saw it.”

Field nodded and shrugged, then he, too, took his leave, stepping off the porch and heading up the street to his home. It had been a long night and Field wasn’t sure about much of what had gone on. But he was sure that Jenna was a very troubled woman. And that Eddie was in love with her. And that those two facts, together, could create quite a commotion over nothing.

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