The Nothing House by Cherie Mitchell

Author:Cherie Mitchell [Mitchell, Cherie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-04-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Reece is reading in his room and Organza is painting her nails in front of an episode of The Bachelor on the TV. I carry my laptop out to the kitchen and sit it on the countertop. It’s a pain not having a table and chairs but Mr. Devall said it’ll be at least four weeks before the new stock arrives. The lack of a TV cabinet isn’t so much of a problem – we have the TV sitting on a coffee table right now – but when there are four people living in a house a table would be handy. Especially as it seems we’re stuck inside for at least the next week and a half.

Liam follows me, looking like death warmed up. He’s refusing to go and lie down, won’t even nap on the sofa, and I’m tired of trying to persuade him to. He’s a big boy now and he has his own mind. If he’s stupid enough to trail around after me when he feels like crap, so be it.

“And you can’t remember his email address?” Liam asks me now.

“Are you serious? How many email addresses do you remember off the top of your head?”

He looks at me with dead eyes. “I meant your grandfather’s email address, not Father Lucerne’s.”

“Oh, the curious old bastard. No, I don’t remember it.” I switch on my laptop and wait for the magic to happen.

“Why do you call him the curious old bastard? I’ve always wondered. It’s an unusual name for a granddaughter to give to her Grandad.” Liam leans up against the counter as if he’s afraid his legs won’t hold him up unless he has some additional support.

I shrug and move the cursor so I can sign in. “I didn’t make it up and I certainly never called him that to his face. Dad gave him the name. They never saw eye to eye. Grandad was a difficult man and it he made it hard for people to like him. He was stubborn and ornery and he never listened. I think what Dad meant by curious was that he was a bit peculiar. You know, like a curiosity.”

“Did your father ever call him that to his face?”

“Hell no.” I make wide eyes at Liam to show him how extraordinary and out of line that would’ve been. “He only called him that behind his back. I guess I overheard Mom and Dad talking so I picked it up too.” I open the browser and type in Father Lucerne St Josephs.

“And he became a zombie, right?”

“Dad? Yeah.” Several pages have opened up and the first article has a photo of Father Lucerne attached. He looks a lot younger in this photo than the last time I spoke to him on Skype. I open it expectantly.

“Not your Dad, your grandfather.” Liam sounds embarrassed and I look up at him in surprise.

“Sorry, Ellie. I feel clumsy asking you these questions. You lost nearly your whole family up on that hill.”

“No, I didn’t.

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