The Search by Iris Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Arizona, Search dogs, Mystery & Detective, General, Suspense, Adventure fiction, Adventure stories, Thrillers, Search and rescue operations, Fiction
ISBN: 9780553582123
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2001-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10.

"Something's happening," Bonnie said. "I don't like it, Mama."

Eve glanced away from the skull she was working on to look across the room. Bonnie was curled up at one end of the couch. The little girl was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, as she always was when she appeared to Eve, her red hair wildly curly and her expression radiant and full of life. Eve's heart leaped with joy.

She quickly looked back at the skull. "Well, hello. I wondered if I was going to see you again." She changed the tab on the skull to a different depth. "I mean, dream of you again."

Bonnie chuckled. "Of course that's what you mean. You never give up, Mama. But someday you'll admit I'm who I say I am. You're already halfway there."

"To the funny farm? No, thank you."

"You know you're not crazy. Where are Joe and Jane?"

"They went to a matinee in town. Jane wanted to see some new Matt Damon movie. I had work to do, so I passed on it." She paused. "But I must have gotten sleepy and stretched out on that couch for a nap. Or you wouldn't be here."

Bonnie grinned. "Isn't it great how much work you got done on that skull while you were sound asleep?"

"Shut up, brat. I don't care what you say. You're not a ghost, only a figment of my imagination. I created you, and as soon as I no longer need you, you'll fade. I'm already on the way. You haven't appeared for months." She kept her eyes on the skull. "I thought when Sarah found your body and we brought you home that maybe you'd moved on."

"And that made you happy?"

"Yes, of course." She closed her eyes. "No, I'm lying. I've missed you, baby."

"I've missed you too."

She cleared her throat. "Then why haven't you come to see me?"

"You were all confused about me. You know, for a smart woman, sometimes you don't think so clearly. I thought I'd stay away until you and Jane got everything straight."

"How diplomatic of you."

"I want things right for you, Mama. I would have stayed away longer, but I got worried." She fell silent a moment. "Something's going to happen."

"You said that before."

"Because it's true. Something bad."

"And I'm supposed to believe you?" Her hand was shaking as she placed another tab. "Joe? Jane?"

"I don't think so. Maybe. You know I can't see what's going to happen. I just get glimpses or feelings."

"A fine ghost you are. Get me all excited and then tell me you don't know any details."

"Sarah… "

"What?"

"There's darkness all around Sarah. Death. So much death."

"She just got back from Barat. There was plenty of death there."

Bonnie shook her head. "Something's going to happen."

"Then go visit her dreams."

"Mama."

"What can I do? Tell her my daughter who we just buried is worried about her?"

Bonnie nibbled at her lower lip. "It's not only her. Some of the darkness has to be near you or I wouldn't be able to feel it." She cocked her head, listening.

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