Witching On A Star (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Book 4) by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2014-03-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

I strode out of Hypnotic and headed straight for the police department across the street. Landon had said he wanted to check things out and I had a feeling he hadn’t gone too far to do it.

I went in through the back entrance, greeting Chief Terry’s secretary and adjusting my trajectory for the hallway that led to Chief Terry’s office. I could hear voices inside the office, so I slowed my approach. I paused outside to listen. Okay, I was technically eavesdropping.

“What do you think?” The voice belonged to Chief Terry.

“I don’t know what to think. I’m still new to all of this. My brain tells me it’s not rational and yet ... .” Landon looked unsure.

“You’ve actually seen some of the things they can do,” Chief Terry filled in for him. “I know. It’s an adjustment.”

“How long have you known?”

“A long time,” Chief Terry said. “The family has always been off – and I’m not just talking about Tillie. I was a few years ahead of Winnie, Marnie and Twila in school, and yet even then people were talking about them, and it wasn’t just because they were all cute.”

“Cute?” Landon laughed.

“Look at the younger girls and you’ll see what the older ones looked like when they were their age,” Chief Terry said. “It’s not like they’re clones – well, except for Clove, she and Marnie could’ve been twins – but Thistle and Bay both resemble their mothers, in more ways than one.”

“When did you first know there was something different about them?”

“There were always whispers that they could do things,” Chief Terry admitted. “It started with the aunts. They kept saying that the Winchesters were hexing all the boys in class to only pay attention to them. I always thought that was jealousy. You know how girls that age are. Although, I wouldn’t put it past Marnie to do something like that just for some afternoon amusement.”

“When did you know for sure?” Landon sounded curious.

“My first year on the job as a police officer, there was a fire at the high school gym,” Chief Terry said. “The call we got is that there were a lot of kids trapped inside and that there was no way to get them out. We all went to the gym expecting mass casualties and ... well, you can imagine, burned bodies.”

“What happened?”

“When we got there all the kids were outside and safe,” Chief Terry said. “Every single one of them was accounted for. We didn’t understand how. All the kids would say is that Winnie and Marnie managed to open the door and walk through the fire to get them out. Literally walked through the fire.”

“And what did you think?”

“I thought they were suffering from smoke inhalation,” Chief Terry responded honestly. “That they were seeing things. That in the confusion of what was happening, they just didn’t realize what they really saw and that there was a path through there and they just couldn’t see it because of the smoke.”

“So you still didn’t believe?”

“I don’t know,” Chief Terry said.

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