Paradox - Progeny Of Innocence (bk2) (Paradox series) by Patti Roberts Page B
Authors: Patti Roberts
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her shoulders. "She didn’t, she-"
"How do you know that?"
"Because she told me. She told me only two days ago how she would like to have a dog, but she couldn’t because she’s allergic to dog hair or something, so she bought a goldfish instead. Not that a goldfish would be much company. What’s this all about, anyway?"
Wade put down his coffee cup and headed quickly for the door. "Gotta go."
Kate watched him leave. "Okay, then," she said to the empty room. "I’ll tell Zach you had to go."
Kate drank down the remainder of her coffee, her mind conjuring up an assortment of bloody images of poor Mrs Cravits lying bloodless and broken on the floor. Wondering what would have been the last memory the woman recalled before death had finally taken her from this world. Would she remember the last terrifying and brutal moments of her life, as the animal's teeth tore into her flesh? As it tore flesh hungrily from her bones with its razor-sharp fangs? Or would she recall happier memories of playing contentedly with her two grandchildren, Candice and Bonnie, in the backyard? Two little girls forced to grow up without their Granny to spoil them on birthdays and Christmases.
Kate hoped that it was the fall that had killed Mrs Cravits, not the razor-sharp fangs of ‘man's best friend’. Champsie walked over, wagging his tail, and sat himself down at Kate’s feet. He stared up at her with unblinking eyes and gave one quick yap before letting his soft pink tongue dangle out the side of his mouth.
"Don’t even think about it," Kate said, patting him on his head as he softly whined and sank to the floor beside her. She drank the last of her coffee and listened to the highs and lows of Grace and Zach’s laughter echoing from down the hall.
"This was a good idea letting the boy move in, wasn’t it?" she asked Champsie. "Brian would have known what to do." Champ gave an agreeable yap, then dropped his head on his paws. "God, I miss you!" she said, looking into her empty coffee cup, then up at the framed portrait of the three of them hanging on the wall. The last of the daylight stole in through the kitchen windows, giving the room a soft muted glow.
Kate sighed and got up from the kitchen table. She flicked on the light switch and walked into the kitchen, tugging an old pizza coupon off the fridge door as she passed. She read aloud from the flyer. "Cheap Tuesdays, home-delivered. That sounds good enough for me." She plucked the phone off the wall, dialed the number, then waited for a familiar voice to answer. She would have to remember to order extra for their new houseguest Zach.
CHAPTER 9 – Hollow Moon
Lula Luparti was both smart and beautiful, and was therefore the most envied girl in high school. When she spoke, her words resounded off her tongue like a kitten purring. Her hypnotic purr and cherub rosebud lips lured you in, until she drifted away and the magic spell was broken. It was almost agonizing to resist the urge to reach out and stroke her long, golden hair as she passed.
Even those that did not know her still had inborn compulsions to protect rather than see harm come to her. She was indeed an enchanting creature – a temptress. The ancients called her a muse.
So on his first day at school, when Zach was immediately approached by the iridescent Lula to join her elite group that the students had appropriately dubbed the In Crowd, Grace had held her breath unconsciously as she waited openmouthed for his reply.
Grace let out an exaggerated sigh of relief and was completely overwhelmed with joy when Zach declined Lula’s purring invitation and strolled off to mingle with the good-natured "football crowd" instead. She was grateful that she'd not lost him to the tempting, and just too beautiful, students of the 'In Crowd'.
Zach immediately joined the high school football team, ‘The Eagles’, and two weeks later, after the football team passed an uncontested vote, Zach became the new team
"How do you know that?"
"Because she told me. She told me only two days ago how she would like to have a dog, but she couldn’t because she’s allergic to dog hair or something, so she bought a goldfish instead. Not that a goldfish would be much company. What’s this all about, anyway?"
Wade put down his coffee cup and headed quickly for the door. "Gotta go."
Kate watched him leave. "Okay, then," she said to the empty room. "I’ll tell Zach you had to go."
Kate drank down the remainder of her coffee, her mind conjuring up an assortment of bloody images of poor Mrs Cravits lying bloodless and broken on the floor. Wondering what would have been the last memory the woman recalled before death had finally taken her from this world. Would she remember the last terrifying and brutal moments of her life, as the animal's teeth tore into her flesh? As it tore flesh hungrily from her bones with its razor-sharp fangs? Or would she recall happier memories of playing contentedly with her two grandchildren, Candice and Bonnie, in the backyard? Two little girls forced to grow up without their Granny to spoil them on birthdays and Christmases.
Kate hoped that it was the fall that had killed Mrs Cravits, not the razor-sharp fangs of ‘man's best friend’. Champsie walked over, wagging his tail, and sat himself down at Kate’s feet. He stared up at her with unblinking eyes and gave one quick yap before letting his soft pink tongue dangle out the side of his mouth.
"Don’t even think about it," Kate said, patting him on his head as he softly whined and sank to the floor beside her. She drank the last of her coffee and listened to the highs and lows of Grace and Zach’s laughter echoing from down the hall.
"This was a good idea letting the boy move in, wasn’t it?" she asked Champsie. "Brian would have known what to do." Champ gave an agreeable yap, then dropped his head on his paws. "God, I miss you!" she said, looking into her empty coffee cup, then up at the framed portrait of the three of them hanging on the wall. The last of the daylight stole in through the kitchen windows, giving the room a soft muted glow.
Kate sighed and got up from the kitchen table. She flicked on the light switch and walked into the kitchen, tugging an old pizza coupon off the fridge door as she passed. She read aloud from the flyer. "Cheap Tuesdays, home-delivered. That sounds good enough for me." She plucked the phone off the wall, dialed the number, then waited for a familiar voice to answer. She would have to remember to order extra for their new houseguest Zach.
CHAPTER 9 – Hollow Moon
Lula Luparti was both smart and beautiful, and was therefore the most envied girl in high school. When she spoke, her words resounded off her tongue like a kitten purring. Her hypnotic purr and cherub rosebud lips lured you in, until she drifted away and the magic spell was broken. It was almost agonizing to resist the urge to reach out and stroke her long, golden hair as she passed.
Even those that did not know her still had inborn compulsions to protect rather than see harm come to her. She was indeed an enchanting creature – a temptress. The ancients called her a muse.
So on his first day at school, when Zach was immediately approached by the iridescent Lula to join her elite group that the students had appropriately dubbed the In Crowd, Grace had held her breath unconsciously as she waited openmouthed for his reply.
Grace let out an exaggerated sigh of relief and was completely overwhelmed with joy when Zach declined Lula’s purring invitation and strolled off to mingle with the good-natured "football crowd" instead. She was grateful that she'd not lost him to the tempting, and just too beautiful, students of the 'In Crowd'.
Zach immediately joined the high school football team, ‘The Eagles’, and two weeks later, after the football team passed an uncontested vote, Zach became the new team
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