Witches by Christina Harlin

Author:Christina Harlin [Harlin, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Othernaturals Season 6, Episode 5

Eyeteeth Mountain, Missouri; June 2015

They made a plan, the seven of them together in Ardelia’s front room. They needed to leave Slope in a day and a half, and had much to accomplish, so they divided the tasks. Rosemary and Andrew were staying in Slope that night, to keep an eye on things here and observe the behavior of the townspeople in the morning. Then they would search the area for the source of the curse.

Everyone else was going to Gully, the town in the valley below the mountain, to sleep in a dry motel and to shop for supplies. The following day, Stefan, Kaye and Greg would go to the Eyeteeth Mountain Rocking Chair Factory to observe, check that area for curse-causing totems, and possibly to speak with Elton Baker and see how amenable he was to visiting his grandmother. Sally and Judge would visit with the local sheriff (an appointment had been hastily arranged, with Greg insisting that “local law enforcement is great show material!”), where they would get the real story on what happened between Willie Baker and his accusers. Then, the teammates working in Gully would meet up when their tasks were complete, and return to Slope, grab Rosemary and Andrew, and they’d all head to the mountaintop to revisit Cloda. Maybe with Elton?

As they volunteered for various jobs, Sally checked the bright pink phone she’d kept with her throughout the day. Almost twelve hours had gone by since she’d called the three people on Tina’s contacts list, and she’d gotten no response from any of them.

Rosemary saw the look on her face. “Nothing yet, Sal?”

“Not a peep.” Sally sighed. “Thanks a lot, Julie, Brenda and Roxy. They’re probably all three friends of Tina’s who live right here in Slope, and they’re all just as screwed as she is.”

She started to put the phone back in her pocket, but Greg stopped her. “Hang on a second, Babygirl. Let me see that phone, wouldja?” He took it from her and went back to Tina’s picture file with its hundreds of seemingly mundane snapshots.

“Something has been bothering me all day, about these pictures. Let’s see.” He began scrolling through, and after a moment, starting showing what he was looking at. “Look here. This bunch of the remodeled car - these were taken less than a year ago. Look at the houses behind the car.”

Everybody did, and quickly they understood what had tickled Greg’s interest. The remodeled car was photographed from many angles, thus giving a fairly panoramic view of Slope. One would never call the town a tourist attraction; in fact, none of these houses or yards would pass muster in a homeowner’s association - but still. Less than a year ago, this tiny town had still been in working order. There were people on the porches. The houses stood upright. Most of them were even neatly painted, with all of their windows and roofs intact.

“It’s like the place is eroding before our eyes,” breathed Stefan.

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