Convergence by Jane C. Esther

Author:Jane C. Esther [Esther, Jane C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635554892
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2020-05-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

It was the spring of 1843, and Sadie Foster strolled along the banks of Seneca Lake with her dearest friend, Margaret. She wore a long purple dress, the last in her possession, and carried a bag with the rest of her belongings: a brush, a few dollars, and a kerchief her mother had given her. She had bequeathed her other dress, a peach-and-cream beauty, to Margaret a few moments prior.

“What a fine day for the world to end,” she said. The sun was bright, and the air smelled of freshly uncovered dirt moist from the melting snow.

“Wasn’t that was he said last time?”

“His calculations are much more accurate now,” Sadie said. Her voice had an edge to it she hadn’t meant to add, but Margaret’s disbelief in Preacher Miller’s apocalyptic predictions annoyed her. His methods were sound, rooted in mathematics and a close reading of Daniel 8:14, or so her husband John assured her. Sadie had never been taught how to do mathematics more advanced than buying flour and eggs at the grocery or measuring fabric, and even then she sometimes forgot a penny or two when she left the house.

Margaret gazed out at the lake. “It doesn’t seem like anything bad could possibly happen today. Just look at how the sun is making the little waves sparkle.”

Sadie nodded. Margaret was right. It was a particularly peaceful day, but she believed that God would want their last day on Earth to be a peaceful one. She didn’t bother arguing. Margaret hadn’t believed the preacher at his first revival and had refused to accompany the Fosters to any others.

Suddenly, Margaret stopped walking. “Do you feel strange, by chance?”

“Don’t be like this,” Sadie said. Margaret had played this game before, pretending her soul was being sucked into Heaven right out of her body.

“No. I don’t mean to jest. My skin seems to be buzzing.” Margaret looked at her arms and noticed goose bumps there.

Sadie looked at her own and noticed the same, then began to feel low vibrations coming from the ground. She turned to Margaret with wide eyes. “It’s happening.”

Margaret was spooked. Sadie knew she had genuinely not given a second thought to Preacher Miller’s ideas once the first apocalyptic prediction date had passed. Now, Margaret began to hug herself. “I don’t want to die,” she said with a shaky voice.

“We must prepare. Kneel here with me,” Sadie said.

They dropped to their knees next to a tree and frantically looked around. Except for the vibration, nothing else seemed to have changed.

Sadie heard Margaret gasp and turned her head in the direction her friend was looking. The air seemed to undulate unnaturally in the distance, and shadowy figures began to appear. Margaret started to stand up, but Sadie caught her arm. “Stay,” she whispered. If the Messiah was about to appear, she wanted to be the first to see him. Margaret crouched again and took deep, raspy breaths.

The figures faded in and out like a mirage. Sadie counted at least eight of them, but they were clustered so closely together, she couldn’t really tell.

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