The Patsy's Patsy: Witch's Kitchen Book 3 by Brooke Shelby

Author:Brooke Shelby [Shelby, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hudson Digital Press, LLC
Published: 2019-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

The night cast a shadow on the streets as the last of the sunlight died to usher in the gathering at the town hall. Many of the local parents attended, along with some visiting officials from Salem, Boston, and Peabody who wanted to assist the police of Hope’s Crossing by providing field agents to help. Carl welcomed this gesture, yet he knew that he needed higher authorities to approve the move.

Once they were all seated inside the antique old building, the crowd quieted down somewhat, waiting on the arrival of the tall, somber preacher. With great ceremony, his emaciated black figure stole onto the small rise that served as his pulpit this night.

“Residents of Hope’s Crossing,” he began in a quivering, snobby voice that echoed along the old walls, “welcome to this, the first emergency town meeting in twenty years. Thank you for coming, for caring about our community enough to offer your audience and assistance where the church, and our children, need you. As you all know, our town has been under the evil hand of a drug epidemic that even carries the namesake of its creator.”

The crowd murmured in agreement.

“It is called Green Demon, my friends, and it is evil,” he continued gravely, clearly working up to one of his instigations. “Although our police have made some arrests, no concrete proof has surfaced to point us to the deeply malicious individual behind the production of this poison. As you would agree, arresting children is not effective, and it is demeaning to our youth to be bullied by police officers.”

Carl rose to his feet, desperately trying to subdue his rage at the patronizing statement.

“You will have your time, Sheriff,” the reverend said without even looking at Carl, clearly out to belittle him. He raised his right hand in command, evoking awe among the gathering of townspeople. “Please allow me to finish, as it is not entirely your fault that your officers fail to make any proper headway.”

Everyone stared at Carl and he was afraid they might see the brutal hatred brewing in his face. After all, if they saw his reaction, they would know that the priest was getting under his skin, proving that the clergyman was correct in his assumptions about the sheriff’s loss of control. He bit his lip and sat down, his dark eyes confidently piercing their stares of contempt in defiance.

“Now, my flock,” the reverend smiled weakly, motioning over those in the two front rows who worshiped him, “have always proven to be diligent and valuable in support of our town and its causes. Without fail, you all have always yielded aid in the most turbulent times and even now, with the scourge of this vile drug, you have proven that you serve this community with loyalty.”

“Oh my God, just pull your lips off our asses and get on with it,” someone said aloud from the fringe of the group. Gasps filled the hall and hushed the preacher momentarily, but nobody could see who it was.

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