Another Deception by Pamela Carron Read Free Book Online Page B

blood.
    “What in the world?”
        Jacks exclaimed as he replaced the lid and pushed the box to the rear of the chest. He then reached for the paper Honey threw down when she saw that it was splattered with blood. It was small and the words were typed. He read aloud,
    “Lips of red and hair like coal, who could be this lovely soul?”
          Looking up at her husband, she whispered,
    “What does this mean?”
          He turned the paper over but there was nothing else.
    “Why does he torment me so?”
         Jacks put his head down with his hands covering his face. Honey put her arm around him. She knew his strengths were many and his one weakness was his family…or lack of one.
    “Jacks, it will be okay, I think he intends for us to use this to do a DNA. I know someone who works in a lab who we can trust to do it and then if it is a match with your own, we can go from there. It could be another one of his lies. Just remember, he had you believing you were his grandson before, so we cannot let him manipulate us again!”
         She got up going to where he had put the box and put it out of sight in the bureau and sitting back down next to her husband, she wrapped her arms around him in an attempt to comfort him. Listening as he mocked himself.
    “All my life I wished for a mother and father like normal kids. Now, I would rather she be dead than to be under his control. Is that such a horrible, unchristian thing to feel?”
    “No.”
         Honey whispered back, full of compassion for the little boy who never knew mother or father.
    “No, I think it is a very understandable feeling…we will get through this I promise, together and with God.”
    “How long will it take for you to get lab results back? If this is a match and my mother is still out there, we have to find her, Honey. All my life I have expected her to be the one to find me. You know, I must have dreamed a thousand different scenarios of how that would happen.”
         Jacks was calmer by the time they got into bed but sleep eluded them both until the early morning when talked out, they both fell into a restless sleep. Jacks’ dreaming of Asa’s face before him, as it was in the beginning of their relationship. He was motioning for Jacks to jump from a cliff, his beguiling voice proclaiming that if he did, he would discover he could surely fly. Honey dreamed of angels but one in particular. He said his name was Ragas and she felt the warmth of his safe presence.
         Like a cloud of billowing brown smoke, surrounding the little fair cabin and the grounds around it, were demonic entities causing as much havoc as they could manage, which were great considering that prayers were few and thus their restrictions low. It was exactly the kind of conditions they loved to work in. While most people came with good intentions of having good family fun during the fair, there were always the ones who came with alcohol and drugs, causing more than one fight and illicit sex of every sort abounded.
         This made their master very happy.
                                     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    “ H ey man, look at the size of this file I found on this case. I figured since I was not around for most of all this creepy stuff happening that I should review it. You know, catch up and all.”
         Cranford looked up from his own work sheet he was doing from the day before and teased.
    “Help yourself, but if you are not careful one of those bogeymen might just jump out of there and on you.”
         Cranford chuckled at the look Frank gave him.
    “Just kidding.”
         Frank ignored him. After the first few days breaking in with Cranford, he had mostly lost his intimidation of him. He was sure the man was one of the good people and could be trusted, yet…he had been surprised before.
    “You did most of these interviews, what do you think was going