Echoes of the Past by Evan Bond

Author:Evan Bond [Bond, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Sasha raced straight home after the town hall meeting. First thing she did was pack a bag of clothing and essentials. She intended to skip town, even if only for a few days. What had happened in the meeting had been terrible, frightening, and all-around embarrassing. The entire town was blaming her for murders she couldn't possibly have committed. To make matters worse, her affair with the sheriff had been exposed. There would be nothing but more trouble for her now.

"Tara, honey, pack whatever you can, OK? We have to leave for a while."

"But we just got here. Where are we going?"

"I don't know, sweetie. Just pack some things, OK?"

"OK."

Sasha hadn't thought about where they would go and with what money they would travel with. She had used every penny she had, and a lot of her mother’s, to get here. There was nothing left. But that wasn’t going to stop her. She'd sleep in the car if she had to. Of course, she hated putting Tara through such a thing but it was better than staying in Carlisle. It wouldn’t be long before some nut job hurt her or Tara to “protect” the town.

"Hurry up, Tara. We have to go."

"I don't want to go."

"I know, sweetheart. We just need to leave for a little while, OK?"

"But why?"

"We just do. Now please, hurry."

But it was too late. She could hear the crazed mob forming outside of her home already. Before long, it would turn violent. They were screaming something and she couldn’t quite figure it out for a few seconds. Then, she realized they were screaming for her to leave. I'm trying, she thought as she searched for her cell phone.

"What the hell?" She said to herself as she tore the living room apart. It was only last night she had used it. There was no chance it had vanished since then. Sasha was certain she had left it on the end table before rushing over to Sheriff Harrison’s place.

It was a surreal moment for Sasha. Outside, a mob chanted for her to leave town while she scrambled around looking for a cell phone. In a less chaotic time, she might have seen the irony in the situation. There was nothing she wanted more than to disconnect from people and there she was looking for a device with the primary function to connect. But her mind was elsewhere and on more important things. Like the missing cell phone and- “The candle!” She yelled, surprising herself. She had remembered the candle. Like her phone, it, too, had gone missing. Someone must have broken in and stolen her cell phone as well. But why? A thought made her shudder. Someone didn’t want her calling for help. It was all too much for her to take. Bursting into Tara's room, she took her daughter by the hand.

"We have to go right now."

Before she could lead her daughter outside, something large hit the front door. It sounded like someone had thrown a brick against it.

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