Transgression: A Time-Travel Suspense Novel (City of God, Book 1) by Ingermanson R.S

Author:Ingermanson, R.S. [Ingermanson, R.S.]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: DitDat, Inc.
Published: 2014-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Ari

WHEN ARI ARRIVED BACK AT Baruch’s house, the sun had risen and he felt famished. He had gone to the morning prayers with Brother Baruch before sunrise and then taken a walk alone around the streets while the city woke up.

The streets of old Jerusalem resonated deep within his soul, rousing some yearning he hadn’t known. These ancient, strange people—these were his family. However deeply you probed into the universe, you had to come home sometime to your family. This place was home, these people his family, and Baruch his brother.

“Shalom, Brother Baruch!” Ari shouted. “I’m hungry as a bear!”

Baruch smiled at that and pointed to the table, where bread and cheese and pickled vegetables were laid out. “I have already eaten. Your friend Rivka came by looking for you. She wishes for you to come visit her when you are ready.”

That was a good sign. Ari sat down and tore off a chunk of bread. Then he caught himself and said the blessing over the bread. If he wasn’t careful, all this praying and blessing was going to become a habit.

Ari ate quickly, fending off questions from Baruch about the country from which he and Rivka had come. When he finished, he washed it all down with a stone cup full of good kosher beer and then stood up.

“Baruch, thank you for the delightful meal. I’m going to go see Rivka now.”

Baruch nodded. “And I shall be praying in my room upstairs. I am much disturbed about my Brother Mattityahu. Something is very wrong.”

“Pray for Rivka also, my friend,” Ari said. That surprised him. Just a few days in this environment, and already he was adapting to the local speech patterns. Very strange.

“I shall pray for Rivka,” Baruch said. He tilted his head for a moment, as if listening to a voice far away. “And I believe I shall pray also for you, Ari. There is a whisper of fear in my heart.”

“I’ll be all right,” Ari said. As long as he didn’t run into Damien West. If that happened, there would be trouble. He walked around the table and reached for his backpack, which he had left on the floor the night before.

It was gone.

“Baruch, have you seen my pack?” he asked.

Baruch shook his head. “You did not take it when we went to pray this morning?”

“It was dark and I forgot it,” Ari said. “Which was stupid, because it has my medicine. I need it.” He went upstairs. The pack was nowhere in sight.

When he came down, Baruch stood out in the street, looking around.

“Baruch, is it possible that Rivka might have taken it with her when she came by this morning?”

Baruch shrugged. “Possible, yes. I do not remember. She did not stay here long.”

Ari felt a surge of annoyance. Why would she do that? In addition to his medicine, that backpack contained a lot of personal things. He didn’t want anyone rummaging through it.

Just to be sure, he searched the entire house again. The backpack was gone.

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