The Widow's Cabin by Davis L. G

Author:Davis, L. G. [Davis, L. G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Mystery
Amazon: B08HL3GYV5
Goodreads: 55246844
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2020-09-05T07:00:00+00:00

21

My mind is yelling for me to run, to take Clark and the few belongings we have and get out of Willow Creek. But I can’t be impulsive. I can’t run blindly without knowing where I’m going, and my mind is too disturbed to come up with a plan.

It’s clear now that no matter where I go or how far we run, Cole will find us eventually.

Leaving the cabin, our only home, could be a mistake. We have nowhere else to go.

The best thing to do right now is to stay put and calm down enough to come up with a plan that makes sense, instead of running blindly toward some other town where more danger could be awaiting us.

We have stayed indoors for three days with nothing out of the ordinary happening, but we’re running out of food. We have no choice but to get out there again and stock up.

Clark is overjoyed when I tell him about our trip to the grocery store. Everything goes smoothly. I stuff a bag with canned foods, rice and pasta, and anything with a long shelf life.

We’re at the cash register when Clark decides to be difficult. He’s angry because I refuse to buy him a superhero toy.

We can’t waste the little money we have, not when I don’t have a job to bring in more.

I place my hand on his head, trying to calm him, to prevent him from throwing a tantrum. He has been doing that a lot lately as the stress of being cooped up inside the cabin has gotten to him. I’m struggling as well.

He knows I’m not well. He knows I’m afraid. On more than one occasion, he woke up in the middle of the night to find me looking out the window, or saw me jump when he walked into the room. I’m stressing him out. If only I knew what to do about it.

“How about I get you this instead.” I reach for a less expensive toy race car.

People are watching. We need to get out as soon as possible.

At first, he protests, then he throws up his arms in defeat. “Fine,” he mumbles and folds his arms. “Can I get the other toy next time?”

“Maybe.” Maybe one day I’ll be able to buy him what he wants, but right now, I cannot spend fifty dollars on a toy. I toss the new toy into the cart and wheel it forward to pay, satisfied that we’ll have enough food to last us a while.

The plan is to hide out until I can decide where to go from here, how to keep us safe, now that my photo is all over the news and papers.

Out of the corner of my eye, I try not to stare at the newspaper on the stand with a small photo of me in one corner of the cover. When I was a kid, I wondered how it would feel to be famous, to grace the covers of magazines. Now that I’m in the limelight, I know that it’s definitely not what it’s cut out to be.

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