The Witch's Grave

on asofa in the lobby, looking nervous and p

hink I’ve died a few times, thinking of you stranded in

d I make a mistake i

on and in ajam, and I was so busy surv

e trying to kill you?

your car, and you can

mind. L

at the sight of the driver’swi

t he was going when he hit me, but I’m grateful that t

No doubt a

e did tha

t up a bit, and I guess I upset someone or something. The

of there

herie

incorrect when I denied it for so long. I just took a c

where

you against f

Uh, no, but she warned me togo home and fo

you. I know you’retrying to do right, but sometimes, sweetheart, you need to let thin

ou can

try. That

hen up, relax, or lay down a sp

food. I’

’s find a car washand a place to eat. From the looks o

and relaxed in their room when R

? If not, I’ll beat your door

in the h

you’re from Seaford and have no clue abo

enothe

h, this is asurprise. I expected

n send

on the phone. Come in. This is my partner, Ariel Wright. Arie

ed. Your voice sounded it on the phone. So, I t

mare, so I apologize for not listening to you

. Were you hu

ndle a lot of fear, but not

happ

and a falcon killed a crow and then attacked me. I got ins

rying to

t it go, didn’t I? You’re lucky. Did it

part yet. I’m still co

it take to get the point across? Will an armor leg

obin’s heart, but she ignored

u, Roxana? You did g

brother Robert, his frien

ks before Halloween. Befo

cola drinks. We were high,

ea. We walked through the gr

graves, and then we reache

an to challenge each other to d

e down and pretend he was

d and groaned, and we all laughed

rcion, I did. That was a big mistake, but I did. I was nearly naked, and Jeremy wen

ow what Robert did during that time. He was quiet, an

ooking for Robert but not finding him. Finally, I pushed myself up to a sitting positio

my panties and wiped myself, a

enormous hand grabbed my

d jammed inside of my vagin

ged, and from somewhere, Robe

insides were ripped asunder, and I

in, police and ambulance

four-inch tree or bigger shoved inside him, limbs and all. Blood and intestines

nd. However,a visible trail of blood led to the entrance where we parked, and then it disa

ltimore to their shock tra

rehab myself and let the ripped muscles heal, and the d

six days until the authori

uch him before maggots set in. It was a huge disaster fo

in. “Do you think you can do something

ned plea. “What’s your personal op

ar, but the police chose to

Destroyers in Pennsylvania.

d for salvage. And noone checked to see if he was

uld still sense Ariel beggin

it’shard to dispose of a body witho

nk a bit, but who lives in the house at the back of the

ut smoke rose from the round chi

r Lowbottom. It’sa strange name and goes with a stra

ied toward the funeral cost. If not, he cuts the grass once every month and remov

. The flowers there looked

avoid that one

nk he would

reak already! Why should you risk any more fear

nswer from Roxana. "Do you

I would say he’s lonesome

s different and doesn’t fi

e hedge. Look close to the line, and you’ll find a small

amed in fr

n this? If something happens to her, can I sue you for helping her? The

card from the nightstand unde

need some fresh air. Call me

a thumb. “Are the two of yo

e just ve

say. I’m not important! We’re not

she slamm

t that, Roxana. She’s been

, and she gets snippy. It could

If I can live through anon-surgical hysterect

ink Clarence will be help

now a widower. Let him tell yo

ttom his

his legs are short. He comes from along line of them, bu

to get you to shop for them, they get excited and do ba

sonal cellphone number, and Robi

u’ve been cry

want to be your lover. You always end up with losers an

t a little and never care what h

mso

life. I guess the real culprit is you take too many risks

ou. You need to start loving yourself. Tha

’s just that I’ve discovered Cherie, and if she’s put a blight on the family name, I wa

re generations to discover

e righ

you a Robin Red Breast massage t

iel when she felt safe and parked

time to wake up and tackle the day. Time to causeslot machine

to play in bed? Man, I enjoyed that. And I’m talking about the ma

ince I saw you almost naked. Am I blind,

blind while my body and m

ice it. Your mind is so often locked on some mi

say is, Wow! Yo

re you in the cemetery? A

. Have you found the zigzag entrance yet

peaceful. I just found the entr

I told you not to, but like always, yo

and stepped into the entrance of the thick hedge and a peaceful world. She could hea

struck her as an alien world an

find this Clarence Lowbottom and

rcle to the right side, and then the path straightened to

a considerable round area with a small house needing re

nd south. Behind her, to the east, was the hedge as far as

e man who satin a rocking c

e and scrutinized her even if he did not move. So, she

an

, and the top of his head was bald, surrounded by a circle of white and black hair.

without warning as his e

ssing signs? How about th

sudden move but mainta

read, do you understand common English, like leav

t move. “I’m looking for Clar

the man who lives here,

furthermore, you don’t have

Without your mouth saying it

See how many plants, animals, birds, and humans care if

s your mother? Or are

. “Uh, she’s Anita Smallwood

n her. I guess she learned how to have sex and deliver a child. What are you doi

e you always

on my territory and think

m. When did I last come to you

nev

n’t you start one sentence without ‘uh’? You

le have told me you are pleasant, but I don’t see th

t cause, so you’re still alive, and I’m welcoming. Wha

y ancestors and Cherie Pandora Waterman. I found her o

you who kill

my own business, and he wen

thing to make him angry and want to kill you. What was it? Wh

m in the trash. They looked too tacky laying there under a rock. I keep my mom

better if you had let him do that yesterday. It wouldn’t

t’sc

on. They were meant to stay there until they disintegrated and turned to powder. And silly ass, you

what happened, and I’ll go. Just make sure

Kirby bitch! The plants p

held there by a sandstone t

nting her spirit from return

! She offered to pay people in Denton $2.5 million in ad

knew what she was and didn’t want her to return. Now you

uld have been

to not keep that a secret!

for that to work. So, you did it by accident! Others wou

the result i

ry! Ijust want

ill it help, her reputation? Will it fill her heart with

That was one of her

she’s d

morrow. It will start with five t

ls for nice weath

rnado hits, make sure you

f it if you have the nerve t

If I did it, c

vil, penetrating gaz

fear cats. Lose your fear of pu

ot fair! And i

you accomplished in the ce

the death toll goes up, re

o it or suffer their wrath because I’ll tell the village

ack to him and s

ll it. Do you hate it? So d

ar. It will serve to add a bit of armor to your war chest.

reburied beside her. You don’t want to hear or believe that? Stop by the Court House and check her will. You’re in th

e you tomorrow or in the

ord time, and the return

cool air from the vents and pondering the moves that w

I lose everywhere I turn. So, stop turning, dummy. Stand firm, but don’t look prett

rice to get where I want to be. However, if you can find away to get the $2.5 million t

es from lots of poodl