From Time to Time by Paul Kater

Author:Paul Kater [Kater, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travelling woman
Publisher: Paul Kater
Published: 2020-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

12. What happens in Lexington...

By the time they arrived at the Weismeier home, they had decided on what they would say and what they would keep to themselves. David understood that this wasn't lying to his family; it was self-preservation and also the right thing to do as they didn't want to confuse those people more than absolutely necessary.

David knocked on the door and waited. That was odd for him, Cordelia knew. Usually he would come home and just go inside because he belonged here.

"David..." Rose, his sister, opened the door and looked surprised. "And Cordelia..." That sounded a lot colder than the last time they had seen her.

"Who is there?" The voice of Mrs Weismeier sounded from far away.

"David and Cordelia," David said over Rose's shoulder.

"Don't stand there," David's father said, "let them in. It's not like they are Fremde."

"No, they aren't strangers, but..." Rose clearly had formed an opinion about the two runaways but she stepped aside.

The inside of the simple house felt like slipping into a comfortable coat to Cordelia, so she could only imagine how much this had to mean to David, whose mother hurried over to her son and hugged him.

"David... look at you..." she said as she stepped back and saw his clothes. They hadn't changed for this visit so they wore their British clothing. "Where have you been?" The woman looked at Cordelia. "What happened? Why were those men after you?"

"Don't trust her, ma," Rose said as she walked away from David and Cordelia. "I think she's a pack of lies."

"What makes you think that?" David put an arm around Cordelia as he looked at his sister.

"I've been down the road to see that nasty woman where she said she rented a room. The old witch never heard of a Cordelia Lexington, if that is her name at all."

"Rose, you shouldn't call that..." Mrs Weismeier started to say, but her daughter cut her off.

"She is an old witch, mother. Everyone knows that." Rose's eyes shot fire as she looked at Cordelia. "And maybe she is too. David, you should get away from her before she does something awful to you."

"Rose, listen, you're..."

"No, you have to listen, David!" Rose suddenly had a big knife in her hand and came closer to the table, keeping that between herself and the couple.

"Rose, put that knife down," Jacob Weismeier said. Rose looked at her father and only held the knife higher, determined to harm anyone who came too close to her.

"No, father. I want my brother to listen. The old witch down the road doesn't know her..." Rose stabbed the knife in Cordelia's direction. Even though there was a lot of space between them, Cordelia was shocked by the force Rose put into the movement. "And then these men show up during our picnic, and while people start fighting, she dragged David off to God knows where..."

"Cordelia did not drag me off. She said she had to leave and I decided at that very moment to go with her.

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