Troubled Spirits by Sandy Wolters

Author:Sandy Wolters [Wolters, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy, ghosts, medium, paranormal
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jared marveled at Jody’s ability to compose herself under such stressful circumstances. Up until this moment, she’d been a mental and physical mess. Somehow, along the way, the tables had turned, and his nerves were now on the brink of shattering. To keep himself from going stir-crazy, he paced the floor. Walking at a quick treadmill speed seemed to be the only way that kept the butterflies from swarming in his stomach.

As he completed his latest pass of the room, Jared glanced over at Jody’s slight form as she sat seemingly unruffled at the conference room table. Like a beautiful statue, her hands were folded in front of her, and her eyes were peacefully shut as if she didn’t have a care in the world.

When he realized her lips were moving slowly and purposely with inaudible dialog, his curiosity had him leaning toward her. Closing the distance between them, he heard her whispered words and felt oddly comforted when his name crossed her lips. She’d included him in what had been some sort of prayer for wisdom and protection, and it made him love her all the more. Her selflessness of thinking of him at a time like this overwhelmed him.

He watched what could only be described as a miraculous transformation came over her. No longer looking broken and on the verge of a collapse, somehow, she appeared completely revitalized as if she’d had a week’s worth of sleep. Still seated at the conference room table, her sudden unflappable demeanor filled him with a sense of tranquility. Her prayers now completed, the only hint of movement around her were wisps of sun-streaked hair as they floated gently around her face on the air conditioned breeze. She took his breath away. He reached out to her with his senses and found nothing but serenity.

Absorbed in his observations, he jumped with a start when a light rap sounded on the conference room door. Jared sought out Jody’s eyes and waited for a nod to signal her readiness. Having her consent, he took a deep breath and purposely rolled his shoulders to brace himself for what he’d find once the door opened.

Nothing could have prepared him for coming face to face with the two broken people that stood in front of him. He felt as though he’d been sucker punched. The burden of sorrow they carried on their backs spoke volumes. It wasn’t necessary for the Hinton’s to verbally express their anguish. Their grief surrounded them and moved with them as if it were a living, breathing entity, all the while sucking the life from them.

Sarah Hinton stood with her head down and a posture that all but yelled to everyone around her that she’d recently suffered a massive, personal beating. While a little stronger, Dallas Hinton’s composure showed signs of being frayed beyond anything Jared could imagine.

He understood people grieved differently. He also knew most marriages couldn’t withstand the test of the death of a child. It didn’t matter how much two people loved each other before a loss that profound.

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