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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil: for You are with me…
But
He wasn’t with her.
She
leaned against the cold steel door, her eyes closed in prayer. “Father, why
have you forsaken me? What sins have I committed that you would punish me this
way?”
When you spread out your hands
in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will
not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
“Fiank-o!”
she screamed.
Her
eyes flew open, and she spread her hands in front of her. Blood rimmed her
manicured nails. Out of the corner of her vision, she saw the blood-soaked
blouse plastered to her chest. So much blood for such a tiny body.
Ripping
at her blouse, she mewed like a wounded animal. “Then take my eyes, so I no
longer see the blood of my child on my hands. Take my ears, so I no longer hear
the shrieks from below, the clanging of the chains.”
Silence
met her cry. God was no longer listening. She sank to her knees and ripped at
her hair, bordering on madness. How could they do this to her? Had she not
served them well for more than ten years?
“You
know what you must do, Aggie. I have seen the feux-folet. She is the child of
Diablo, and she has cursed you.”
For
a moment, rage blocked the pain squeezing her heart. “You!” Her eyes filled
with hatred, fists clenched at her side. “You brought this upon us with your
superstitions and your curses.”
“Mwen
pòv zanj pèdi—you know I speak the truth. I was here when she was born without
life, her body blue, her soul already beyond this world. Five years have come
and gone. As she grows, so does the evil. They warned you this day would come.”
The
old woman’s words washed over her like a river of ice, extinguishing the fire
of her rage, leaving only a cold, still emptiness.
“I
begged them, Mother. Begged for her life as her blood seeped through my
fingers. I have served God, and I have served the spirits. But they have forsaken me.” She raised
tortured eyes to beseech the old woman, her efforts met with stony silence and
beady eyes filled with accusation. “I begged
them!” Her voice tapered to a whimper. “She is only five. I have lost Catherine.
Must I lose Mary also?”
The
old woman knelt beside her. Taking her right hand, she pried open the fingers
and closed them around the cold steel of the knife. “You can’t cure a mad dog,
Aggie; you can only put it down. You disobeyed. You have been punished. Now
pick up your cross, and carry it.”
The
silence in the room was broken only by her whimpers; the old woman had left as
quietly as she’d come. The knife lay heavy in her hand, just as the task before
her lay heavy on her heart.
She
rose and opened the door to the basement, ignoring the shrieks and clang of the
chains. Her feet descended the steps slowly, the old woman’s words echoing
inside her head: You can’t cure a mad
dog, Aggie; you can only put it down.
The last few students climbed through
windows, black smoke billowing out of them. The teacher turned to his student.
“I’ll let you down first.”
“But Coach, whose going to help you?”
“Hey, you’re my best fielder, I expect to
jump right into your arms,” he said. “Just promise not to whip me over to Smith
for a double play.”
The young man, his face streaked with soot,
grinned at his coach. “Yeah, Coach, I promise.”
He took the young man’s hands in a tight
grip and slowly lowered him out the window. When he had extended his reach as
far as he could, he let him go.
The student fell into the
evergreen boughs, the prickly needles scraped his arms, but the branches kept
him from hitting the ground. He rolled off the bushes and jumped up as fast as
he could. He turned his eager face up to the window. “Okay, Coach,” he called.
The explosion violently blew the windows
out of the building. Screaming students darted across the lawn, barely escaping
the shards of glass raining down on them. All of the students except Stevo, who
still stood below the gaping hole in the wall, oblivious to the blood running
down his face and arms. “Coach, Coach,” he screamed. “I’m here, Coach. Coach,
I’m here.”
Mary O’Reilly investigates the death of a
beloved high school coach while she tries to overcome the repercussion of
solving Jeannine’s murder.
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