Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight
“Midnight was only nine hours away, and then the tall man with the silver eyes would be back. Or Ardelia Lortz would be back. Or maybe both of them together.
“What do you think I should do, Dave? Go out to the local graveyard and find Ardelia’s body and pound a stake through her heart?”
“A good trick if you could do it,” he replied, “since the lady was cremated.”
“Oh,” Sam said. He settled back into his chair with a little helpless sigh.
Naomi took his hand again. “In any case, you won’t be doin...g anything alone,” she said firmly. “Dave says she means to do us as well as you, but that’s almost beside the point. Friends stand by when there’s trouble. That’s the point. What else are they for?”
Sam lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it. “Thank you—but I don’t know what you can do. Or me, either. There doesn’t seem to be anything to do. Unless ...” He looked at Dave hopefully. “Unless I ran?”
Dave shook his head. “She—or it—sees. I told you that.MoreLess
“What do you think I should do, Dave? Go out to the local graveyard and find Ardelia’s body and pound a stake through her heart?”
“A good trick if you could do it,” he replied, “since the lady was cremated.”
“Oh,” Sam said. He settled back into his chair with a little helpless sigh.
Naomi took his hand again. “In any case, you won’t be doin...g anything alone,” she said firmly. “Dave says she means to do us as well as you, but that’s almost beside the point. Friends stand by when there’s trouble. That’s the point. What else are they for?”
Sam lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it. “Thank you—but I don’t know what you can do. Or me, either. There doesn’t seem to be anything to do. Unless ...” He looked at Dave hopefully. “Unless I ran?”
Dave shook his head. “She—or it—sees. I told you that.MoreLess
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