banana dropped from her hand.
Kirkland, Ohio
Temple mysteriously burns to the ground.
She snatched the paper off of the table and unfolded it to read the article in its entirety.
While her mother continued arguing with the poor soul on the other end of the line and her father continued to pound at the keyboard, she focused on the words in front of her face. She sent up a silent prayer that the building had been empty.
An unusual burst of anger welled up inside of her after she finished reading the article. She felt like she should have been there. Logic told her that there was nothing she could have done to stop it and that her feelings were absolutely unwarranted. Unfortunately, it didn’t stop her from feeling them.
She put the newspaper back on the table and folded her hands on top of it to keep them from shaking. The anger was quickly growing into rage. It was like someone else’s emotions had jumped inside of her and taken over. Exactly like when she had yelled at her grandmother over Christmas break.
Her father stopped typing at the same time that her mother yelled, “Darn you, vile woman!” into the receiver and ended her phone call. She tossed her cell phone down on the table, clearly determined to relieve some stress on an inanimate object instead of her family. “Good morning honey. Sorry about that. That woman was about as intelligent as a box of rocks.”
“It’s fine. I’m kind of in shock anyway. Do you guys know anything about what happened that the paper didn’t print? This is just awful!”
“We have no idea what happened.” He shrugged his broad shoulders and let out a long, sad sigh. “Actually, I don’t think anybody knows. It’s very strange. Even the local authorities haven’t been able to come up with an explanation.” He shrugged and let the confusion in his eyes speak the words that he couldn’t seem to find. “It’s like the building just got tired and disintegrated.”
“Well why have you guys been called? Aren’t there people closer that can handle it?”
Her mother interjected, “The church knew we were planning on visiting Nauvoo, so they asked if we would change our plans a bit and head out today. We had nothing else going on, so we agreed.”
“I see.” Was all she could manage as the shock continued to settle in. She still didn’t understand why her parents had to be involved, but she also didn’t understand why she was so concerned about it. People needed help and her parents had offered their time. There shouldn’t be a problem with that. She couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something more going on. Something dark.
“We’ll only be gone for a couple weeks. You’ve got the dog here with you and you can have Piper come stay with you too if you want.”
Her mother had mistaken the look on her face as fear of staying alone. In reality it was worry for them. She couldn’t justify the emotion, so she chalked it up to shock and put it in the same category as the anger and guilt: strange and unusual.
As if he had heard Anne mention him, the dog came down the stairs on cue to sit and stare at the back door. Ardra rose from the table and opened it for him. She stood in the doorway and watched him run around the back yard sniffing and marking. Still nothing to clean up for Ardra. Another prayer of thanks ran through her mind.
The dog ran back in the house and she closed the door behind him.
Detached thoughts of her pet’s need for food made their way to the fringes of her mind. However, there were more important things to worry about at that moment and he didn’t look like he was hurting from the lack of food. He actually looked quite healthy as far as she could tell. His coat was shiny and mat free, his blue eyes were crystal clear and he was full of energy.
She took a seat at the table where her parents had started talking about their itinerary.
“So, what will you guys be doing for the church while you’re down there?” She
Kirkland, Ohio
Temple mysteriously burns to the ground.
She snatched the paper off of the table and unfolded it to read the article in its entirety.
While her mother continued arguing with the poor soul on the other end of the line and her father continued to pound at the keyboard, she focused on the words in front of her face. She sent up a silent prayer that the building had been empty.
An unusual burst of anger welled up inside of her after she finished reading the article. She felt like she should have been there. Logic told her that there was nothing she could have done to stop it and that her feelings were absolutely unwarranted. Unfortunately, it didn’t stop her from feeling them.
She put the newspaper back on the table and folded her hands on top of it to keep them from shaking. The anger was quickly growing into rage. It was like someone else’s emotions had jumped inside of her and taken over. Exactly like when she had yelled at her grandmother over Christmas break.
Her father stopped typing at the same time that her mother yelled, “Darn you, vile woman!” into the receiver and ended her phone call. She tossed her cell phone down on the table, clearly determined to relieve some stress on an inanimate object instead of her family. “Good morning honey. Sorry about that. That woman was about as intelligent as a box of rocks.”
“It’s fine. I’m kind of in shock anyway. Do you guys know anything about what happened that the paper didn’t print? This is just awful!”
“We have no idea what happened.” He shrugged his broad shoulders and let out a long, sad sigh. “Actually, I don’t think anybody knows. It’s very strange. Even the local authorities haven’t been able to come up with an explanation.” He shrugged and let the confusion in his eyes speak the words that he couldn’t seem to find. “It’s like the building just got tired and disintegrated.”
“Well why have you guys been called? Aren’t there people closer that can handle it?”
Her mother interjected, “The church knew we were planning on visiting Nauvoo, so they asked if we would change our plans a bit and head out today. We had nothing else going on, so we agreed.”
“I see.” Was all she could manage as the shock continued to settle in. She still didn’t understand why her parents had to be involved, but she also didn’t understand why she was so concerned about it. People needed help and her parents had offered their time. There shouldn’t be a problem with that. She couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something more going on. Something dark.
“We’ll only be gone for a couple weeks. You’ve got the dog here with you and you can have Piper come stay with you too if you want.”
Her mother had mistaken the look on her face as fear of staying alone. In reality it was worry for them. She couldn’t justify the emotion, so she chalked it up to shock and put it in the same category as the anger and guilt: strange and unusual.
As if he had heard Anne mention him, the dog came down the stairs on cue to sit and stare at the back door. Ardra rose from the table and opened it for him. She stood in the doorway and watched him run around the back yard sniffing and marking. Still nothing to clean up for Ardra. Another prayer of thanks ran through her mind.
The dog ran back in the house and she closed the door behind him.
Detached thoughts of her pet’s need for food made their way to the fringes of her mind. However, there were more important things to worry about at that moment and he didn’t look like he was hurting from the lack of food. He actually looked quite healthy as far as she could tell. His coat was shiny and mat free, his blue eyes were crystal clear and he was full of energy.
She took a seat at the table where her parents had started talking about their itinerary.
“So, what will you guys be doing for the church while you’re down there?” She
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