The Seekers by John Jakes

Author:John Jakes [Jakes, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4532-5592-6
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com / Open Road
Published: 2012-07-15T16:00:00+00:00

v

Ashen, Harriet whispered, “You’re exactly like him! A monster—”

Jared stepped forward again, so close to her that he was overpowered by the citrus scent she wore. He fought to keep his hands at his sides. “If you speak one more word about him—”

Harriet dodged toward the door. “We’re finished with words, Master Jared. I’ll see you get your wish. I’ll have you out of this house!”

Jared Adam Kent beamed. “That would suit me admirably. Admirably!”

The door crashed shut.

He stared at it, the smile and the cocky feeling draining away all at once. He had widened the gulf, exactly as he’d planned. But it was less satisfying than he’d expected. Having given cruelty for cruelty, he felt unclean.

Sinking down on the bed, he held his head with both hands. The break had come sooner than he might have wished. But he’d been unable to control himself during the argument. That was disturbing—

Again the secret doubts swept over him. He wondered bitterly whether Harriet could be right. Was he taking the same kind of rash step his father had, at his mother’s insistence? He’d heard it said that their confidence in their ability to survive in the west had been ill-founded. The results were death for Jared’s mother—guilt and ruin for Abraham Kent—

Would he fail the same way? The fear of it grew consuming all at once—

And a distorted memory of his sickness when he stared at his own scraped hand seemed to turn the fear to a certainty.

Head starting to throb, he realized it was a little late for second thoughts about his decision. Fear or not, he’d have to face the consequences of the stormy scene just concluded. He must begin to think—and immediately—of a place to go. He had to be ready when Aunt Harriet spoke to Uncle Gilbert, and Uncle Gilbert spoke to him—

He needed a destination—a means of escape—something!

The muddy coat forgotten, he leaned on the mantel and stared into the flames.

No answer came.

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