Scaredy Kat by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Author:Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780316078887
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I woke up on the old wicker couch on the van Hechts’ porch. I was still feeling sick to my stomach.

“Stay still,” I heard. “Don’t try to sit up yet.”

I didn’t try to look up at Orin. I honestly felt like I was dying.

“There’s something wrong with me,” I said, barely whispering. “It’s hard to breathe . . . I feel really weird . . .”

“You’re having a panic attack, Kat,” Orin said. “Will you let me help you?”

Anything was better than feeling like this. I nodded.

“Close your eyes,” Orin said. “Take a deep breath through your nose, and slowly let it out through your mouth. While you’re breathing in, think soooooo. While you’re breathing out, think hummmmmm. Try not to think about anything else. Just the breathing, and those two words.”

It sounded ridiculously stupid, but I was desperate. I did as he instructed. After a minute or so, miraculously, I began to feel a little better. And the fact that I did feel a little better made me realize that maybe I wasn’t going to die. But a panic attack? I didn’t even know what that was, but it sounded kind of pathetic.

“Sooo . . . hum . . .” Orin reminded me. “Your color’s coming back, Kat. Keep focusing on the breath.”

I didn’t feel sick to my stomach anymore. The prickly feeling I’d had all over my skin was going away. I opened my eyes and peeked at Orin. His forehead was crinkled, his eyes concerned. He was holding both hands out, palms facing me.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“Giving you some help,” Orin explained, lowering his hands. “Energy work.”

“But you didn’t touch me.”

“It’s not necessary. Your energetic field extends beyond your physical body.”

Okay. Who was somebody who saw dead people to find somebody who did energy work weird?

“How did you find me in there?”

“I heard you,” Orin said. “Well, I heard something. I didn’t know it was you. But I heard someone scream. I broke the front window and unlocked the door. Followed the sound, and found you in the bedroom.”

“He was coming for me,” I said. “The old man. I think he wanted to hurt me.”

Orin waited to see if I was going to say anything else.

“I’m not crazy,” I added defensively. “He was here. He . . .”

“I don’t think you’re crazy,” Orin said.

“Before I went upstairs,” I said. “I . . . the house started to go ballistic. Things slamming and crashing. Okay, I know it sounds nuts, Orin, but somebody grabbed me. I felt it. Seriously. I wanted to run out the back door, but there was something there. I couldn’t go that way. It was like the house wanted to drive me upstairs.”

Not the house, I thought suddenly. The old man. I couldn’t prove it, but I was certain he’d been behind the series of events that had sent me running up the stairs. The old man wanted me for some reason. To tell me something, or show me something. I was more determined than ever not to let that happen.

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