Winter of the Wolf by Martha Hunt Handler

Author:Martha Hunt Handler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626347199
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Published: 2020-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

As soon as my head hits the pillow that night, thoughts begin to pile up, causing my head to spin out of control. For one thing, I’m dreading going into the boys’ room. I don’t know if I’m ready to see that hideous chin-up bar, Sam’s possessions, his empty bed, and anything else incriminating that might be lurking there. I feel such pressure because I don’t know what to look for or what I should take, and I’ll only have one shot at it. If I miss something, there’s a good chance it will be gone forever. Then I start thinking about the doe. Why is she so important to me? I guess because I feel so strongly that she’s the same deer we hit, and if it turns out I’m wrong about that, then I’m probably wrong about a lot of things. Though I really have no way to prove this.

And Mom, is she really improving or is it all just an act? I thought it was a good sign that when I went downstairs today after school to do the laundry, it had already been done. But later, when we asked her to join us for dinner, she made some lame excuse, so who knows if she’s really on the mend or faking it. There are now only eleven days left before Mom has to come clean to Dad about the pills. How will he react when he finds out? I’ve also started to really worry about them as a couple. I know the divorce rate skyrockets when a couple loses a child. Can their marriage survive this, especially given that Mom seems to have completely shut him, and everyone else, out of her life?

I feel like I’m standing on very shaky ground. I don’t know what’s up and what’s down. I thought I knew Chase pretty well, but obviously I don’t, because never in a million years would I have guessed that he regularly visits Sam’s grave or that he regrets that the two of them weren’t closer. And Dad? Why hadn’t I ever considered how bad he feels about the way he treated Sam or the fact that he expressed more concern for his car than for Sam’s well-being that night?

And if I was so wrong about Chase and Dad, could I also be wrong about Sam? Was there something going on his life that he couldn’t face? It’s hard to imagine, but if I’m being totally honest with myself, the facts are pretty damning. There was no evidence that would indicate that he’d been in a struggle or that anyone, besides family, had been in their room that night. He was six feet and weighed about a hundred and seventy-five pounds, and the only bruises on his body were around his neck and on his chest where he’d cut himself. Plus, if I really believed someone had come into our house and strangled him, shouldn’t I be scared to death that his killer is still on the loose? I definitely should be, but I’m not.

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