Red by Richard Rigoli & Suzanna Reeves

Author:Richard Rigoli & Suzanna Reeves [Rigoli, Richard & Reeves, Suzanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Contemporary Mystery Hero Fiction Novel
ISBN: 9781481902496
Publisher: Rigoli & Reeves
Published: 2019-05-16T22:00:00+00:00

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Ms. Bel turned off the music and announced that it was time to clean up. Emma glanced up from her pad and took a relaxing breath. There was actual sweat on her brow from having been in “the zone” on this one.

Olivia leaned over and looked at Emma’s drawing. “Wow! You really made up for lost time.”

Emma nodded and looked over her work. She had captured Jordan well enough, though his eyes looked strange and luminous—she’d have to correct that later. Jordan may have been physically siting in the classroom, but that was not how Emma saw or sketched him. Instead, she posed him outdoors, leaning on a boulder in front of a pond fed by a small waterfall. She surrounded him by adding trees, tall grass, and scattered rocks, even included the cardinal perched on a branch in the background. For some reason, the bird seemed important to the scene.

“Interesting rendition, Emma,” Ms. Bel pointed out from behind the girls. “I see you took my suggestion about backgrounds to heart.” She leaned closer to scrutinize the drawing and added in a concerned tone, “You do seem to be obsessed with that field, though. Did you sneak out there to take reference photos or something?”

“I just made it up,” Emma replied with a shrug. “Do you know this place?”

“I do,” Jordan’s voice came from beside her. He looked at her drawing with an odd expression. “But it’s not a real place. At least, I don’t think it is.”

“It’s a real place,” Ms. Bel replied. “It’s the grotto on the old Winter’s-Alba farmstead. I haven’t been there in years, but that’s it.” She walked off and Emma noticed that Ms. Bel’s hands trembled—something about the drawing had upset her.

“You know this place?” Emma asked Jordan as she cleared up her workspace. “Hang on—let me put this away first. The bell is about to ring.” They moved out into the hall a few minutes later.

“I’ve seen that field and waterfall before—” Jordan said. “—there’s always a red bird there.”

“If it’s a real place, I’ve never been there,” Emma said. “It’s just a place I had a dream about.”

“Me too,” he said, frowning. “That’s weird, right?”

“Not the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen,” Emma said, trying to rationalize the drawing.

“I bet he was thinking about that place when you were drawing it,” Olivia cut in and pointed at Jordan. “You were, weren’t you?”

“I think about that place all the time,” he said with a thoughtful expression. “It’s like a Zen-thing for me. It calms me down when I’m anxious.”

“I knew it!” Olivia exclaimed.

“Knock it off, Livs,” Emma said, but Olivia was having none of it.

“Are you kidding me?” Olivia said. “How are you not totally freaking out over drawing stuff he’s thinking about?”

“I had a dream about a place that looks like this too.” Emma said calmly. “It’s a weird coincidence, sure—”

“You saw me there, didn’t you?” Jordan said suddenly, and Emma froze mid-rationalization. The impossible truth of his statement must have shown on her face because Olivia clapped her hands over her own mouth to stifle a squeal.

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