“Mom? Joe’s in the news.”
Veronica released the saucepan in the sink, and it floated to the bottom. She wrapped her hands in a dishtowel and made her way into the living room. A news program showed shaky footage of Josiah, shielded by other men, escaping inside a low-slung building.
“Turn it up,” she said.
The newsman stared into the camera, his expression blank. “Resurrectionist, Josiah Crews, the son-in-law of former president, Isaac Fielding, raised a man to life today, who’d been dead for three days. The event was witnessed by the funeral home director, Manfred Persons and his nephew, Phil.”
The footage cut to an old man in a gray suit, posed in front of a pair of large white double doors.
“He said he was there to pray,” the old man said. “I got nothing against prayin’, but it was like the whole room lit up … and I’m tellin’ you, that man was frozen!”
The scene moved to a medical doctor, wearing rumpled scrubs.
“Dr. Savage …” the newsman continued.
“Nice name,” Aleesa said.
Veronica shushed her, flapping one hand.
“… worked on the victim, Antonio Varelo, for an hour last Friday, to repair damage done from multiple gunshot wounds. Time of death was 8:35 p.m.”
“Too much bleeding,” the doctor said. “We couldn’t save him.”
The screen returned to the newsman’s candid face. “The perpetrator of the crime has not been caught. Police say the investigation is ongoing. We reached out to Mr. Crews and the head of the organization, Ben Mulhauser, but neither one has returned our phone calls.”
He paused. “This weekend is the big onion festival …”
Veronica reached for the remote and switched the TV off. “Three days,” she said, one hand pressed at the base of her throat. “That’s …”
“Awesome.”
It was awesome. But why did he do it?
Veronica released the saucepan in the sink, and it floated to the bottom. She wrapped her hands in a dishtowel and made her way into the living room. A news program showed shaky footage of Josiah, shielded by other men, escaping inside a low-slung building.
“Turn it up,” she said.
The newsman stared into the camera, his expression blank. “Resurrectionist, Josiah Crews, the son-in-law of former president, Isaac Fielding, raised a man to life today, who’d been dead for three days. The event was witnessed by the funeral home director, Manfred Persons and his nephew, Phil.”
The footage cut to an old man in a gray suit, posed in front of a pair of large white double doors.
“He said he was there to pray,” the old man said. “I got nothing against prayin’, but it was like the whole room lit up … and I’m tellin’ you, that man was frozen!”
The scene moved to a medical doctor, wearing rumpled scrubs.
“Dr. Savage …” the newsman continued.
“Nice name,” Aleesa said.
Veronica shushed her, flapping one hand.
“… worked on the victim, Antonio Varelo, for an hour last Friday, to repair damage done from multiple gunshot wounds. Time of death was 8:35 p.m.”
“Too much bleeding,” the doctor said. “We couldn’t save him.”
The screen returned to the newsman’s candid face. “The perpetrator of the crime has not been caught. Police say the investigation is ongoing. We reached out to Mr. Crews and the head of the organization, Ben Mulhauser, but neither one has returned our phone calls.”
He paused. “This weekend is the big onion festival …”
Veronica reached for the remote and switched the TV off. “Three days,” she said, one hand pressed at the base of her throat. “That’s …”
“Awesome.”
It was awesome. But why did he do it?
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Josiah Crews raised a man who’d been dead for three days and brought the Resurrectionists under intense scrutiny. When he’s chased down by a pair of gang members over it, he comes face-to-face with the man who stabbed him in the chest. But instead of causing more harm, the man wants a favor. Do this for him, and he’ll tell everything he knows.
Veronica Murray has decided to move back home to Eastwick, with her daughter’s approval. Giving her daughter a relationship with her dad is important. And for herself, being near Joe. The only snag is leaving their elderly neighbor behind. When the grandmotherly woman agrees to come with them, a search through her cluttered apartment turns up a story from the past that circles back around to the present. But what do the lives of men, who are dead and gone, have to do with who’s behind the current string of deaths? The answer, when it comes, might just cost Veronica her life.
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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
www.suzannedwilliams.com
www.feelgoodromance.com
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