Southern Gothic by Stuart Jaffe

Author:Stuart Jaffe [Jaffe, Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Supernatural, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Ghosts, Witches, Mystery, gold, Magic
Amazon: B00S3WFEJ4
Publisher: Stuart Jaffe
Published: 2015-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Max accelerated onto Route 85 South toward Spencer. The steady white noise of wheels on the pavement weaved around the tense silence in the car. With no access to money, Max guessed Sandra thought the same things he did — every mile in the car meant cash out of their pocket, every exerted muscle that needed food meant cash out of their pocket, every moment of life meant cash out of their pocket.

On the backseat in a bag next to Drummond sat the lunch Sandra had prepared — two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, tap water in a thermos. Max’s stomach groaned at the mere thought of the meager fare. It seemed crazy that they had to spend more on gasoline to feed the car than they could on the food to feed themselves.

“No, no, no, I’ve got to stay with them,” Drummond said.

Max glanced back to see Drummond talking to his pocket once again. “What’s Leed want?”

With a perturbed grimace, Drummond said, “He’s being a pain because he wants to help and he doesn’t have a body in which to do it. So, he’s asking for me to be his body.”

“You can do that? Let him possess you or something?”

“No, no. Nothing like that. He wants me to leave you all and go to the library with him.” Drummond said the word library as if it had caused a little vomit to rush up his throat. “He wants to do research on the witch, curses, stuff like that. I admit it was his area of expertise and he might be able to help us out, but you guys need me.”

Sandra snorted. “I think we’ll be fine on our own. We’re going to a railroad museum. Unless you once dated an engineer who later became a witch.”

“Oh, very funny. I’ll have you know I dated plenty of women who never turned to magic, witchcraft, or anything arcane.”

Max knew Drummond hated the library. He also knew that Leed would be a good researcher. It would drive Drummond crazy being forced to look up books, turn pages, and do all the labor of research so that Leed could read the texts, but the idea of having expert help hard at work while Max and Sandra did the on-site research appealed to Max. He thought it might also give Leed a sense of purpose.

“It’s a good idea. Drummond, go ahead and help Leed. We’ll be fine with this on our own. See if you two can turn up something.”

“Sure,” Drummond said, the scowl on his face and the growl in his throat not nearly as accommodating. To his pocket, he said, “Enough already, you’re getting your way. I’m going, I’m going.” Seconds later, Drummond disappeared.

At first, neither Max nor Sandra spoke. Less than a minute later, however, they both broke into hysterical laughter. The wonderful release warmed Max.

“Is it wrong that I found that so fun?”

Through rapid giggles, Sandra managed, “Not at all, Honey, not at all.”

Shortly after, they exited the highway

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