Taken at Dusk by Hunter C. C

Author:Hunter, C. C. [Hunter, C. C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2012-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Shock filed Kylie’s chest. Jane had kiled her baby? Was that why Jane had amnesia? The horror of what she’d done had been too much for her to bear?

Jane swerved toward Catherine and held both her fists up in front of her face, her body tight with fury. “How many times do I have to tell you that I’m not Berta! I did not kill my own child. I would never kill my baby. I loved my baby.” Catherine looked at Kylie. “She’s confused. I think they gave her a lobotomy. Probably trying to fix her.”

“I’m not Berta!” Jane Doe’s scream rang so loud, Kylie flinched. “And I’m sick to death of hearing you call me that.”

“Then what’s your name?” Catherine spouted back.

Jane got tears in her eyes. “I don’t know. I don’t know who I am, I don’t know what I am, but I know who I’m not.

who I am, I don’t know what I am, but I know who I’m not.

And I’m not Berta Littlemon. I think my baby died, but I didn’t kill it. I was somebody’s wife. Now I’m just lost. And empty. And dead.” She turned and looked at Kylie as if remembering the vision. “Somebody killed me.” Tears slipped down the woman’s cheek and then she disappeared.

Kylie’s chest filed with empathy. She got back to her feet, and while she felt inclined to believe Jane Doe, she’d come here to find answers. And to find them, she had to ask questions.

“Why do you think she’s Berta Littlemon?”

“I don’t think, I know,” Catherine said. Then she smiled.

“And I’ll tell you all I know if you’ll do me a favor.”

* * *

Kylie still stood by the grave of Berta Littlemon when Burnett walked over to join her about thirty minutes later. This time, he didn’t inquire if she was okay. But then, he didn’t have to ask.

Kylie sensed he could guess she wasn’t okay by the look of dismay on her face. Placing his hand lightly on her shoulder, he asked, “Was this … helpful?”

“I don’t know,” Kylie said, confused and disturbed by what she’d learned from Catherine O’Connel. Sure, she’d gotten some information, but mostly all the trip to the Falen Cemetery had accomplished was to underscore how little she knew about Jane Doe and how impossible it would be to help her.

“Are you ready to go?” he asked.

“Are you ready to go?” he asked.

She nodded and they started walking toward the gate where Dela stood, looking as ill at ease as she had the moment they’d first arrived. The crowd of spirits folowed them, moving close but not crowding her.

“Will you come back?” whispered an older-sounding male spirit.

“Please, say you’ll come,” begged a younger female spirit.

“It’s not fair,” wailed another female. “Why does she have to leave now? I didn’t get a chance to talk to her!” Then all of the spirits began to talk at once, making it hard to understand them and bringing Kylie’s headache back in full force. Through the

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