Obsession by Kathi Mills-Macias

Author:Kathi Mills-Macias
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2009-11-30T20:00:00+00:00

Toni awoke in a sweat, her heart pounding furiously. The nightmares had returned. Since learning of the autopsy results the previous week, she had found herself terror-stricken, once again running through her dreams, chased by an invisible stalker, and awakening to a sense of imminent danger. What she had thought would finally bring her peace and restore some sense of direction to her life—obtaining concrete evidence of how her father had died—had done just the opposite. She felt more confused and lost now than she had when she first learned of her father's death. Tonight's episode was the third nightmare in a week, and each time, whether searching for Julie, her father or mother, or even for Brad, it was Abe—always Abe—who seemed to appear just before she crossed back into reality.

Why, Lord? Why Abe? Why is it always Abe? And why are the dreams back? I thought, once I began to feel secure in our Father-daughter relationship, that the dreams had disappeared. But now…

Oh, Father, are you trying to tell me something? Or is it just my overactive imagination, combined with my grief over losing Dad… and Abe? If only I had never answered that call from April Lippincott, never looked into Julie's file…. How different things would be right now. Dad would still be gone, but Abe would never have been a factor. And my relationships with Brad and Melissa would be solid, the way they once were. But I did answer that phone call, didn't I? And I did look into the file. Now, even after the autopsy, I can't seem to let go. It's as if… as if someone is calling me, compelling me to continue. Continue what? What is there to continue? If Abe couldn't come up with anything else, and if the autopsy proves Dad had a heart attack, what else can I do? Where would I go from here?

Groaning, she rolled over onto her side and pulled the covers up around her neck. Why was it, whenever she awoke from one of these dreams, that she felt as if something evil were lurking right there in her room? The feeling reminded her of the times in her childhood when she'd had a nightmare and woke up crying. Her mother would always come and hold her, rock her, pray for her, and sometimes even sing to her until she fell asleep again. When Toni's mother died, Toni was fourteen—certainly old enough to deal with nightmares alone but not old enough to ward off the pain and fear that came from her dreams when she saw herself safe in her mother's arms, then felt her slipping away. Screaming, she would try to hold on, but she was never strong enough. Then she would wake up sobbing as the crushing grief threatened to suffocate the life right out of her. Those nightmares of losing her mother had long since faded, but now these…

Where was she to go from here? Was there any hope that she would

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