seemed to be the only people on the grounds.
Sophie’s eyes skimmed the rows of graves and trees for anything sinister. She knew someone was watching her. These eerie, uncomfortable sensations were not figments of her imagination. Whether she could see anyone or not, she knew she wasn’t alone…that someone, somewhere was watching her every move.
“You okay?”
Sophie, startled by the unexpected sound of a voice, jumped and then laughed. “You scared me. You shouldn’t be sneaking up on people, especially in cemeteries.”
Cain laughed. “Point taken. Are you ready to go? I’m anxious to see if my mother can give us any information.”
Sophie nodded. She glanced over her shoulder once more and then followed Cain to the car.
The view as they wound their way down the mountain was breathtaking. Promise, nestled in the valley beneath them, had grown and expanded in little bits at a time over the years. When she was a child, she used to think that Promise looked like a collection of miniature dollhouses in the palm of God’s hand. In the days when she’d been certain there was a God.
Sophie sighed deeply. She knew God existed. How could anyone take a look at this magnificent view of mountains and valley, blue sky and streams, and not feel the strong presence of a higher power? But like a spoiled child who didn’t get her way, she was finding it difficult not to be angry at Him for leaving her on her own during the worst time of her life.
She sensed more than felt Cain tense beside her. She looked over at him and asked, “Everything okay?”
He eased his foot off the accelerator, his gaze bouncing back and forth from the rearview to the side mirror.
“Cain?”
“It’s okay. I’m going to slow down and give this guy behind me a chance to pass.”
“Pass? On a twisting two-lane highway? You think that’s smart? Can’t he wait until we get to the bottom to pass?”
Before Cain could reply, the car behind them tapped their bumper.
Sophie squealed and reached her hand out to steady herself against the dashboard. The drop off the side of the mountain loomed in her peripheral vision.
Cain muttered something unintelligible under his breath, pulled the car over as far as he dared and hung his arm out the window to wave the other car around him.
Instead, the car butted them again…harder this time.
Cain wrenched the wheel and moved his car away from the guardrail and into the middle of the road.
As they sped up and twisted around a bend, Sophie offered a silent prayer that no one was coming in the opposite direction. And offered a second prayer that if He never listened to any of her other prayers He would listen to this one.
Without warning, the car behind pulled alongside them, inching them toward the guardrail. It was all happening so quickly Sophie could barely get her bearings. She tried to see who sat behind the wheel of the other vehicle but the tinted windows prevented her from seeing inside. She took a good hard look and her stomach twisted in knots. It was a black, four-door sedan, just like the car that had tried to run her down.
The sound of screeching metal wrenched the air as Sophie’s side of the car scraped against the guardrail.
Cain twisted the steering wheel, forcing the driver’s side to slam against their attacker.
Again they were forced back against the guardrail.
Suddenly, a small blue sports car appeared behind the black sedan. Sophie couldn’t believe her eyes when the sports car slammed into the black sedan, hurling it forward. The dull, deep metallic thud of the two cars impacting echoed through the air.
Immediately, the black sedan sped up and pulled in front of Sophie and Cain. The blue car stayed parallel to Cain’s.
Cain’s jaw clenched and his knuckles whitened as he hit the brakes. Their car skidded and swerved. The squeal of brakes and the smell of burning rubber filled the air.
The blue car sped up, passed theirs and raced the black sedan neck and neck down
Sophie’s eyes skimmed the rows of graves and trees for anything sinister. She knew someone was watching her. These eerie, uncomfortable sensations were not figments of her imagination. Whether she could see anyone or not, she knew she wasn’t alone…that someone, somewhere was watching her every move.
“You okay?”
Sophie, startled by the unexpected sound of a voice, jumped and then laughed. “You scared me. You shouldn’t be sneaking up on people, especially in cemeteries.”
Cain laughed. “Point taken. Are you ready to go? I’m anxious to see if my mother can give us any information.”
Sophie nodded. She glanced over her shoulder once more and then followed Cain to the car.
The view as they wound their way down the mountain was breathtaking. Promise, nestled in the valley beneath them, had grown and expanded in little bits at a time over the years. When she was a child, she used to think that Promise looked like a collection of miniature dollhouses in the palm of God’s hand. In the days when she’d been certain there was a God.
Sophie sighed deeply. She knew God existed. How could anyone take a look at this magnificent view of mountains and valley, blue sky and streams, and not feel the strong presence of a higher power? But like a spoiled child who didn’t get her way, she was finding it difficult not to be angry at Him for leaving her on her own during the worst time of her life.
She sensed more than felt Cain tense beside her. She looked over at him and asked, “Everything okay?”
He eased his foot off the accelerator, his gaze bouncing back and forth from the rearview to the side mirror.
“Cain?”
“It’s okay. I’m going to slow down and give this guy behind me a chance to pass.”
“Pass? On a twisting two-lane highway? You think that’s smart? Can’t he wait until we get to the bottom to pass?”
Before Cain could reply, the car behind them tapped their bumper.
Sophie squealed and reached her hand out to steady herself against the dashboard. The drop off the side of the mountain loomed in her peripheral vision.
Cain muttered something unintelligible under his breath, pulled the car over as far as he dared and hung his arm out the window to wave the other car around him.
Instead, the car butted them again…harder this time.
Cain wrenched the wheel and moved his car away from the guardrail and into the middle of the road.
As they sped up and twisted around a bend, Sophie offered a silent prayer that no one was coming in the opposite direction. And offered a second prayer that if He never listened to any of her other prayers He would listen to this one.
Without warning, the car behind pulled alongside them, inching them toward the guardrail. It was all happening so quickly Sophie could barely get her bearings. She tried to see who sat behind the wheel of the other vehicle but the tinted windows prevented her from seeing inside. She took a good hard look and her stomach twisted in knots. It was a black, four-door sedan, just like the car that had tried to run her down.
The sound of screeching metal wrenched the air as Sophie’s side of the car scraped against the guardrail.
Cain twisted the steering wheel, forcing the driver’s side to slam against their attacker.
Again they were forced back against the guardrail.
Suddenly, a small blue sports car appeared behind the black sedan. Sophie couldn’t believe her eyes when the sports car slammed into the black sedan, hurling it forward. The dull, deep metallic thud of the two cars impacting echoed through the air.
Immediately, the black sedan sped up and pulled in front of Sophie and Cain. The blue car stayed parallel to Cain’s.
Cain’s jaw clenched and his knuckles whitened as he hit the brakes. Their car skidded and swerved. The squeal of brakes and the smell of burning rubber filled the air.
The blue car sped up, passed theirs and raced the black sedan neck and neck down
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