Reverse Metamorphosis book one of the Irrevocable Change trilogy by R.E. Schobernd Read Free Book Online

wouldn’t believe him, but would have
no evidence to prove their suspicions.
    His mother came in from the living room where
she had been reading the Sunday morning news paper saying “Walt and
I certainly haven’t seen much of you lately. What have you been up
to these past several days?” Before he could answer she continued,
“Maria’s bringing the kids down for a few days next week. I do hope
you’ll be around to visit with them. I know the two of them create
a ruckus, but they really like their Uncle Clayton and are looking
forward to seeing you.”
    Clay was at the stove and said over his
shoulder “I’ll be around Mom. I plan to go over to the union hall
tomorrow and sign up to go back to work. Even though I don’t have
much seniority there may be something open. I’ve come to terms with
my feelings about the loss of Jimmy and I’ll just have to go on,
although he was the best friend I ever had and I’ll never forget
him.”
    Walt came in to get a glass of iced tea, said
“Hi Clayton” and went back to finish whatever he was watching on
the television. Margaret came around the table to give him a hug
and whispered in his ear “It's sad Jimmy never got to know just how
good a friend he had in you, but I know and I think you’re
wonderful.” Clay didn’t want to speculate on how wonderful his
mother would think he was if she knew about his vigilante action in
the name of friendship.
    Margaret went back to the living room and
picked up the travel section of the paper she had been reading.
But, instead of going back to her reading she sat and thought about
Clayton.
    He had lettered in football, making the
starting squad. She often wished he had been as interested in
studying and making good grades as he was in playing sports. He had
passed and been advanced each year but had never excelled in any of
his studies. She was glad he wasn’t a pretty boy, they often turned
out to be shallow and without character. While Clayton had passed
through his teenage years his complexion had cleared and the
occasional pimples he had endured ceased to appear. His face was
rather square, with brown eyes set far apart, which fit his stocky
frame. His nose was full but not too broad. His hands were large,
with long fingers, and were attached to thick wrist and muscular
forearms.
    In step with the times he wore his dark brown
hair fairly long though high school and then right after graduation
decided on his own to have Walter cut it shorter.
    During his high school years she had implored
Clayton to prepare for collage. But, he was only interested in
getting a job right out of high school. Walter even offered to pay
for him to attend barbers collage and upon graduation work in
Walter’s shop, which he had expanded to eight chairs.
    Clayton however decided to make use of an
offer from Jimmy who said his dad could get both of them into the
laborers union. He and Jimmy had been working on construction until
Jimmy’s death. It wasn’t what she had hoped he would accomplish,
but it was honest work.
     
    After supper two days later, Walter was
reading the evening paper and pointed out to Margaret a front page
article stating the death of Jimmy Giliano may not have been an
accident. There had been several altercations between him and a man
who witnesses said had claimed to have killed Giliano. The man,
identified as Jerry O’Neil, had been brutally murdered two nights
earlier while on his way home. The murder had the marking of a
professional revenge killing due to the brutal way the man was
killed. The police had taken Tony Giliano in for questioning but
had released him due to lack of any evidence connecting him to the
crime. The investigation was on going, but the District Attorney
stated at present there were no clues or suspects in the
killing.
    Walter snorted and said, "No clues or
suspects? We all know who had him killed, Gilliano did, and it's
not his first murder."
     
     
     

Chapter 5
     
     
    O ne month after