The Blessed by Hurley Tonya

Author:Hurley, Tonya [Hurley, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9781442429512
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012-09-01T06:00:00+00:00

“That was . . . strange,” Lucy rasped.

“A man praying?” Sebastian shot back tersely.

“You know what I mean,” Lucy pushed back. “For an old man to come out in a storm like this, it must have been important.”

“Yeah, a matter of life and death,” Cecilia said. “He really risked it out there.”

“Who is he?” Agnes asked, her curiosity piqued.

“His name is Piazza. He was the pastor here for many years. He just made the most important trip he’ll ever make.”

“Did you know him well?” Agnes asked gently.

“I thought so,” Sebastian responded, the hurt and betrayal in his voice unmistakable.

“Are you in some kind of trouble?” Cecilia asked him protectively. “You can tell us.”

She recalled how wary he’d looked at the hospital when they first met.

“He said people are coming for you?” Agnes pressed. “Is it the police?”

“It’s nothing I can’t handle.”

“We,” Agnes stressed. “Whatever or whoever it is, we can handle it.”

“Together,” Cecilia said.

Even Lucy joined in. “I know people who can probably help. Whatever it is.”

“That means everything to me,” Sebastian said at their willingness to be there for him, and more importantly, their camaraderie.

A melancholy expression of happiness and regret shone from him. Sebastian rubbed at his temples and stood up, putting a full stop on the question-and-answer session. As if he’d received a cue he’d been waiting for.

“Where are you going?” Agnes asked.

Sebastian didn’t answer, continuing on his way. They watched him disappear into the darkness enshrouding the back of the church and up the staircase, his boot heels scraping as he went along.

“Do you think all this is about the bracelets?” Lucy asked.

“I think we’re about to find out,” Cecilia said.

“I don’t want to leave here,” Agnes said. “Until I know.”

The answer was in Agnes’s eyes. It was in all of their eyes. They were committed to staying.

“I think there’s one day of darkness left to find out,” Lucy said, recalling the weather report from her cab ride. “Something’s definitely wrong.”

“He looks worried,” Agnes added.

“For himself?” Cecilia asked. “Or us?”

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