Evil In The Darkness by Chris Stewart

Author:Chris Stewart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Mercury Ink
Published: 2013-02-24T07:00:00+00:00

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Four Miles West of Chatfield, Twenty-One Miles Southwest of Memphis, Tennessee

“I saw an angel last night, Mommy.”

Caelyn looked toward her daughter and listened carefully. “Really baby? What did she look like?”

“It wasn’t a she, it was a he-angel, Mom.”

Caelyn’s heart skipped a beat and she put her work down, resting the raw potatoes on the plate that was balanced on her knees. “A he-angel? Really? Like what, a little angel, a little boy or something?”

Ellie turned from her mother and looked off, her face crunching as if she were trying to remember. “Not really. He was older. Like a man.”

Caelyn sensed her hands begin to tremble. Don’t do that! she scolded herself. It’s just a little girl’s dream. Don’t read so much into everything.

Still, a strange thought, cold and terrifying, slipped into her mind. “It wasn’t… you know, it wasn’t Daddy, was it, Ellie?” she asked in a breathless voice.

The blonde-haired girl shook her head. “No, it wasn’t Daddy.” She seemed puzzled by the question. “Daddy’s not an angel, Mom.”

The two were quiet for a moment. Ellie eyed her mother keenly, as if she knew something so obvious that it confused her how her mother couldn’t know it too. “Daddy’s not an angel, Mom,” she said again.

Caelyn sighed with relief. “Did DoxMax see the angel?” she asked, referring to Ellie’s imaginary friend. Caelyn didn’t know a lot about DoxMax, how old she was, what she was like, how she had gotten her name—all she knew was Ellie spent hours talking to her, sharing tea parties, playing in the tree swing, hiding under the porch. And it seemed Ellie spent more and more time lately with her invisible friend, which worried her just a little.

Ellie turned and frowned. “Of course not, Mom.” She shook her head in disbelief. “DoxMax was asleep. You know she has to be in bed by eight.”

Caelyn made a face. “Silly me.” She turned back to her work, cutting the potatoes into cubes for the soup.

Ellie thought while looking off again. “He was a pretty angel.” She turned back to her mom. “And very nice.”

“It was a good dream, then?”

“Was it a dream, Mom?”

“I think so, honey. It must have been.”

Ellie nodded, accepting.

Caelyn watched her again. “Did he talk to you, baby?” Her voice remained tight.

Ellie tried to remember. “No, I don’t think so. But it felt good to have him close. I like him a lot. I hope I see him again tonight.”

Caelyn hesitated. “You mean in your dreams?” she prodded.

The little girl didn’t answer as she reached for a small cube of potato that had fallen onto the ground. She tried to toss the dirt-covered bit into the metal bowl, but Caelyn caught it. She used a dish towel to brush it off, then dropped it into the bowl with the other pieces of cut potatoes. One didn’t throw food away anymore just because of a little dirt.

Ellie frowned, then nodded at the barrel beside the porch that they used for a garbage can now. “It smells bad.

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