The Village (Harbingers Book 12) by Gansky Alton

Author:Gansky, Alton [Gansky, Alton]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Amaris Media International
Published: 2016-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Littlefoot, New and Improved

When we walked out of the café (the waitress actually said, “Thank you for coming,” as we exited), I wondered how they were going to get three grown adults (in my case, overgrown) and a ten-year-old boy into the yellow-and-white patrol car along with two police officers. The car was the size of a Prius. I started to ask the officers, but it would do no good. Even if they understood me, I wouldn’t understand them.

My question was answered a moment later when another patrol car pulled up. It did so casually. No siren, no red or blue emergency lights—or in this case, green and yellow lights. It took a second for me to realize that the car made almost no noise as it pulled to the curb. I heard the tires on the pavement, but no engine. Electric? That was my guess.

Two additional officers exited the car. They wore the same yellow and brown uniform as the first two. They approached, each with a wide grin on his face. The older looking one—I made him to be in his thirties and his partner in his twenties—approached me and shook my hand like a fan meeting his favorite movie star. I half-expected him to pull out an autograph book. He did more than shake my hand, he pumped it. He then moved to Andi and Brenda, greeting them in the same way. We did another round of handshaking with the younger officer.

To say I was confused would be downplaying what I felt. We were in a town nearly identical to Newland but different enough to make my head spin. I once read that someone asked Daniel Boone if he had ever been lost in the woods. He said, “No, but I’ve been bewildered for a couple of weeks.” I was that kind of bewildered.

“I’m not leaving Daniel!”

Brenda had pulled the boy to her side. The officer looked at one another. Their faces revealed their confusion.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her.

“I think they want to separate us.”

I’ve seen that angry face too many times to not notice it now. One of the officers caught my eye then pointed at Daniel, then Andi.

“Ah, I get it.” I moved to Brenda and Daniel. I put my hand on Daniel’s shoulder then moved it to Brenda’s. I did that three times. The officers looked at Brenda, then Daniel, then Andi. Andi caught on. She put one hand on the side of each of their shoulders and pushed them together. There wasn’t much movement involved since Brenda already held Daniel close.

Then Andi surprised me—she stepped to my side and took hold of my arm, like we were a couple. That was the first good thing to happen to me that day. As far as I was concerned, Andi could hang onto me as long as she liked. I wouldn’t complain a bit.

The first officer we met opened the back door of the police car and motioned for us to enter. Clearly, he didn’t mean all of us.

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