Thomas from the Sea: A Novel by Mira Gibson

Author:Mira Gibson [Gibson, Mira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, sleuth mystery, Magical Realism, Christian mystery
Publisher: Mira Gibson
Published: 2021-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

THUNDER CRACKED OVERHEAD and lightning splintered across the stormy sky as I followed the boy into the seaside cottage he shared with his uncle, having accepted his invitation to lunch.

I was damp, sandy, and salty. Seaweed was tangled in my hair. I felt chilled to the bone. A few of my fingers had turned white, and my teeth chattered.

The boy, on the other hand, seemed immune to the sudden cold.

He waved me into the dimly lit living room where Robert was sitting in a recliner, drinking a beer, and watching sports on TV. He was barefoot in jeans, his sleeves were rolled up, and he was extremely surprised to see me entering the house behind his nephew.

Robert couldn’t jump up fast enough.

He gaped. Didn’t believe it. His eyes must be playing tricks on him was what his expression seemed to say, as his nephew bounded into the kitchen—chipper—and announced:

“Crystal’s here for lunch! Where’s the salami?” Seth was already rummaging through the fridge. “You like mustard, right?”

Dumbfounded, Robert looked on, as I found my voice and responded. “Um, yeah, I like mustard.”

“Mayonnaise?”

“Sure,” I said, absently replying as Robert and I stared at one another.

Astonished, he looked me up and down, taking in the ratty sight of me, as his nephew skipped and slid around the kitchen, slapping sandwiches together as though nothing about the situation was out of the ordinary.

I opened my mouth, prepared to give an explanation, though I wasn’t sure how I would explain why I was dripping wet in his house on a Saturday afternoon, but Robert blew past me and stampeded into the kitchen.

“I told you not to leave the house without my permission, Seth!” he scolded the boy in a tone I had never heard him use before. “You went out anyway?”

“Crystal was on the beach,” he said, totally thrilled about it.

His brow furrowed, and he cut his gaze to me.

Advancing on me, he hissed, “Does he know about us?”

“He’s not stupid,” I whispered.

Robert cursed under his breath.

“He saw me leaving the other morning,” I confessed.

“Did you tell him why you were here?”

Offended, I scoffed, “Oh yeah, when he caught me, the first thing I did was tell him his uncle has been paying me to—”

“Alright,” he snapped to shut me up, not that his nephew could hear us.

Seth was bopping around the kitchen, spreading mustard over sliced deli meats that he had slathered with mayonnaise and talking to himself as if he was two people—I can’t believe you weren’t out there, but I’m glad you’re here now! Crystal is here, did you see? We’re friends!

“Look,” I began, speaking in a hushed volume and praying Robert would understand, “another girl from the club was killed so I went out to the beach, thinking...” I sounded like a lunatic. “I don’t know what I was thinking. That I would find clues? I didn’t go out there expecting to run into your nephew, and I certainly wasn’t trying to come here—”

“Lettuce and tomato, Crystal?” the boy called out from the kitchen.

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