Wisdom Spring by Andrew Cunningham

Author:Andrew Cunningham [Cunningham, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 1492229326
Amazon: B00EP0UQEQ
Goodreads: 18710456
Publisher: Kindle Direct
Published: 2013-08-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

“Your father?” I asked, dumbfounded.

Scott just raised his eyebrows. Never one to jump to conclusions, he wanted to hear this one out.

“I began to realize it after you killed the man in Utah. When I had my breakdown and you were trying to talk me through it, remember I told you that I was getting feelings and emotions coming from The Voice that kind of matched your words?”

I nodded.

“Well, that wasn’t all. Two real words also came through from The Voice, and they were repeated a few times. The words were “punkin” and “persevere.” My father always called me Punkin. He also refused to let me give up and was always telling me to persevere when I was going through a difficult time. It also explains why The Voice is always so comforting, and why it seems to know me. I always feel a tenderness coming from it, even when it’s yelling at me.”

“And now we know why you were set on this path a year ago,” I said. “You were the only person your father could communicate with, as fragmented as it is.”

“Why would he bother, though?” asked Scott. “Why would he get his own daughter involved in something like this and put her life in danger?”

I couldn’t believe we were talking about a dead guy as if he were alive and in the next room.

“Unless the consequences of Hillstrom going through with this were worse than any danger she could be in,” I said.

Jess let out a little gasp, then looked at me. “Do you think it’s possible that my parents’ death on that ferry wasn’t an accident?”

I quickly filled Scott in on the details of their demise.

Jess continued, “What if the picture my father saw prompted him to contact Hillstrom? Especially if Elmer told him the story he told us. My father wasn’t an investigative reporter, but any good journalist would follow up on that. What if he uncovered other things too? Hillstrom would have had to have him killed. Oh my God. This is just too much.”

She stopped and thought for a moment, trying to slow down her breathing. I could see her shaking and I reached out and held one of her hands. Finally she said, “The whole last year is now beginning to make sense. And now I know why I was led here. This is where it all began.”

“I can’t believe he passed on too much information about his suspicions,” said Scott. “If he had, Elmer would probably be long-since dead and his business burned to the ground. I’d guess your father just asked a few questions about Hillstrom’s past. Maybe enough to worry them.”

“And maybe enough to get him killed,” Jess said quietly, with a deep sadness in her eyes.

“Let’s assume,” I said, trying to move on, “that Hillstrom is the man in the picture. He showed up here at the age of twenty-one, or thereabouts, but from where? Elmer didn’t know, but did someone?”

“If Elmer didn’t know, the chances of anyone else knowing, are slim,” said Scott.

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