A Journey of Souls by Michael Mckinney

Author:Michael Mckinney [Mckinney, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-30T04:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine: A Family Crisis

The next morning in Beech Grove, a suburb of Indianapolis, Tom and Regina Cooper are feeling very uncertain about the future. Last night after seeing their nine-year-old daughter to bed, Regina Cooper showed her husband the eviction notice delivered by the deputy sheriff. Its impact was immediate, and a tense mood of apprehension has hung uncomfortably in the air since. It seems the Coopers are having difficulty initiating a conversation they both wanted very much to avoid. As their daughter upstairs gets ready for school, Regina Cooper breaks the silence.

“So what do you think?”

“I hate to say it but I don't see any solution. We'll have to leave. It's a court order. What can we do?”

“We have three months to find something.”

“I don't wanna stay here that long.”

“Why not? It'll give us more time to save money. We'll be better off if we wait.”

“I can't live with the idea of this guy Palmer coming into our place with a stranger any time he wants, just so he can sell it and get his commission. The man's a vulture. Look Regina, I know you don't wanna go to Ohio. It's tough starting over. I know that.”

“Why does that have to be our first option? We have some time to think about this. As far as Scott Palmer's concerned, that's exactly what he wants, to chase us off this property. He works for the bank. That's his angle.”

“I don't like that man.”

“Neither do I. So are we gonna let this guy chase us off our property? I don't think so.”

“I agree with you, but we'll still have to go eventually. What if my uncle changes his mind? I mean living on a farm in Ohio can't be too disagreeable. Can it? I understand it's not your first choice Regina, but we have to do something.”

“Let's do this, let's wait a few weeks. We just got this notice yesterday. Let's think about it for a while.”

“What do we tell Angela?”

“Nothing for now.”

“We have to tell her sometime.”

“Let me handle it please.”

After hearing their daughter descending the stairs, Regina says to her husband in a hushed breath, “She doesn't know about the eviction notice, so don't say anything.”

As Tom looks at his wife, he hears his daughter's voice.

“I'm ready.”

“Did you get enough to eat Angela?”

“Yes,”

“Let's go then. You don't wanna be late for school,” Regina urges.

“Oh, I forgot to ask you something,” Angela says.

“What's that sweetheart?”

“There having a field trip next month and they're asking us to sign up if we wanna go.”

“What kinda field trip?”

“They wanna take us to the zoo. Can I go Daddy?”

“Uh, we'll see honey.”

“I'll see ya later,” Regina says to her husband, avoiding eye contact as she leaves to take her daughter to school.

The closing door and ensuing silence seem to transform the room instantly, as if his home, the house he lives in, already belongs to someone else. In an almost out of body experience Tom contemplates the room he's sitting in and now sees only a somber reflection of a past that seems to have already slipped away forever.

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