Beyond Reach by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson [Carlson, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-56192-3
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2007-10-22T20:00:00+00:00

After coffee, Ebony drives us to the Clark house. As she drives, I read over the notes about my dreams last night, just to refresh my memory. And I silently pray. I ask God to use Ebony and me—to help us help Cody.

Once again, the Clark house looks tired and worn out, sort of like someone forgot about it. And Cody looks nervous as he sits on the couch, his fingers fidgeting like he'd rather be anywhere but here. I sit with him while Ebony goes over some details with his mother. I think Mrs. Clark needs to sign a release form, and Ebony said she has the right to sit in on the interview, but she already told Ebony she'd rather not. This is hard on her.

As the two of them are quietly talking in the kitchen, I try to get Cody to open up to me a little. “You're really into video games, aren't you?”

He mumbles, “Uh-huh.”

“Which is your favorite? I know you were playing Killer7 the other day, but what other ones do you like?”

“I kinda like the Final Fantasy series,” he says in a flat voice.

“My best friend, Olivia, likes those too,” I say brightly, glad that he mentioned a game I actually recognize.

“I've only played them a few times, mostly because I'm not very good and Olivia usually cleans my clock, but the graphics on Final Fantasy are pretty cool.”

He perks up just a little. “Does your friend have Final Fantasy VII?”

“I don't know. I'll have to ask her.”

He picks at a hole in the knee of his jeans. “I wanna get it someday.,.”

“Well, if Olivia has it, maybe I can get her to loan it to you.”

“Really?” He glances at me with a smidgen of interest.

“Sure. She's a really generous girl.”

Now Ebony joins us. “How's it going, Cody?”

“Okay.” He's back to the flat voice again and looks at hersuspiciously.

“Did your mom tell you that we want to talk to you about Peter?”

He nods then looks down and starts picking at the hole again.

“I know it's been a long time since he died, Cody, but I want you to try to remember that day, okay?”

He nods very slightly, still focused on the hole in his jeans.

“According to our records you said you weren't home that day,” she continues. “But we have reason to believe that might not be the truth.”

He looks up with a disturbed expression. I can tell he doesn't trust us, doesn't want to have this conversation, and would probably like to bolt right now.

So I decide to jump in, hoping to reassure him. “We know there could be a reason that you didn't tell the truth,” I say quietly, “I mean, I can totally understand how it feels to get really scared when someone you love is hurt like that.” Then I decide to tell him a little about my dad's murder and how I actually felt somewhat responsible for his death. “It sounds sort of lame now, but at the time it seemed very real to me.

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