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Oshey walked to the window and glanced at the tree. She had the impression the tree was looking back. "I can see why you and I share this insane attraction." Oshey peeked over her shoulder at him. After a heavy such she continued to explain what she had been seeing. "In my visions, I see you and me fighting about the death of our son. Then I see you and me fighting in a different place. Then, again it shifts, I'm in a dark room, and there is a faint green light, like the lumination from a neon sign. Cammie is with me, and she is scared of the darkness. I can barely see through the light, but I know there is someone else with us.""Son?" Quinn said, puzzled. He leaned back tapping his hands on his thighs several times before pushing up from the couch to join her. "I think we have a few clues to go on. This light, this neon light can't be too hard to track down. One more thing, what can you tell me about Cammie?""I told you earlier, she is my daughter. She was with me when I woke up fi
Present DayJimmy drove back towards their home. As he went over his mental notes he was reminded of a remark his wife said earlier but then brushed over it quickly. “Natalia, when we first met all those years ago, you said you knew about things. I mistook it as you knowing about the wolfin. And earlier when we were talking about Josef’s death you again made it seem like you had first-hand knowledge of James.”Natalia sat quietly, looking out the window. "It all started a week before I came to the United States. I was home for the weekend, and my parents planned a going away party for me. They invited many from the hills around their house." Her voice drifted off.~~~1986"Ma, you did not have to do this, I will not be gone long. The exchange is only for a year. I promise you I will not settle there no matter what happens." Natalia tried in earnest to convince her mother."Baby girl, I am not worried about you settling there, I am worried about you not coming back to us. Your papa sa
Present Day"Jimmy, I just got a call from Mike over at records," Natalia said as she walked into his office."What did he find out?" Jimmy said, looking over the rim of a thick coffee mug."I'm not sure if it is a lead or not. But he found a reference to Alexander Alaric at the same address as Oshey Robertson. It looks like the man still lives there." Natalie tapped her phone.Jimmy had an odd look. "I wonder if it is the same man?" He sounded amazed."There is only one way to find out." Natalia used her chin to point to the office door.Jimmy looked at his watch and then at his wife. "Are you up for a visit?""Of course," she responded.Jimmy set the coffee cup on the file cabinet behind him with a heavy thud. “I'll drive."Jimmy and Natalia drove to Panama City, Florida. The drive was a little longer than normal. Instead of three hours, it was nearly four. The couple stopped for lunch and talked about another case. There was a surge in murders over the last three months. The coupl
Present DayJimmy pulled the car into an underground parking garage in the middle of downtown Albany. He looked at his wife to express his concern. "No matter what happens, we agree it doesn't change anything, right?"Natalia nodded her head several times. "We can't open this case up and expose the wolfin after all these years.""I know, it's just, I have a gut feeling we are close to figuring this out." Jimmy sighed in frustration."Come on, Mike ran the company names and cross-referenced all the warehouses here. There are three suspicious addresses,” Natalia looked at her phone. “And all are owned by the same dummy corporation." Jimmy extended his hand to his beautiful wife."Please don't tell me it's Pilkerton Industries?" Natalia groaned, letting her fingers tighten around Jimmy’s.Jimmy grinned. "Okay, I won't tell you then." Jimmy kissed Natalia’s knuckles before exiting the car. "You do know, Michelle Pilkerton will have me back in court if she knew we were anywhere close to he
1986 I don't know what happened today. Actually, I can't believe what happened today. I was sitting in the living room reading Karaka: Legend of Juno written by Michelle Williams and Kasper was reading Twin Daggers written by Lori Skov Jansen when a freak storm blew out the front window. As we covered the window, I heard Cammie screaming from her room. Kasper rushed up the stairs to see what was going on. He got as far as the top step before I heard the curses. Cammie had been playing with some of my powders. When one of them started to smoke, she ran into the hall and collided with him. The potion fell to the floor bleaching a huge area on the top step. Quinn came home only to find Oshey was gone. I had no idea she had left, and neither did Kasper or Cammie. Before Quinn could panic, Noah called and told him he saw Oshey downtown. Quinn decided we had to play babysitter, while he went looking for her. I hate my life. I hate Oshey. ~~~ "Quinn, I'm glad you could meet me," Noah s
1986"Welcome to my home." A sudden masculine voice boomed through the room as the lights from overhead flooded whiteness. "How good of you to join me," James said, coming into view. James carried Cammie's body as he walked toward a metal desk."Cammie!" Oshey exclaimed, rushing forward. Quinn and Noah reached out to grab Oshey, preventing her from going further.The tall man looked between Oshey and the girl in his arms. "Cammie? Oh, you mean Macille." James said. He looked down at the girl in his arms again with a smile. "How nice of you to keep her safe for me." James kissed her forehead tenderly."Why don't you put her down?"
Present DayNatalia entered the warehouse and stopped suddenly. Her eyes narrowed as she took a deep inhale, sniffing the air several times. “Jimmy, I think we found the place.”Jimmy tilted his head toward the direction his wife was looking. “How can you tell?”“Do you see that marking on the wall?” Natalia pointed to a small engraving near the ceiling. It would have gone unnoticed if she had not pointed it out.Jimmy walked closer and saw the vague impression of something. “You mean this?”“Yes, that's a warning sign. I'm convinced this is the place.” Natalia nodded.Jimmy glanced over his shoulder to the door. “I figure we have about twenty minutes, let's take a look.” Given that this warehouse was owned by Michelle Pilkerton, Jimmy knew they had limited time before one of her goons showed up.They walked through a series of doors. The warehouse didn't seem abnormal; there were boxes and freight stacked in neat piles. Jimmy stood in the middle of the large room. “What h
A gentle breeze from the south brought a thick cloud cover, which blocked the afternoon sun. Jessica Gotti had not noticed the changing weather until the mail carrier appeared and handed her a bound stack. Flipping through the pile, she took a select handful to her car and dumped them in the passenger seat. Looking over the front window of the gallery, she felt a tickle on the back of her neck, as though someone was watching her. Quickly turning around and finding nothing out of place she rubbed her temples, dismissing the sensation as a sign of stress from the extra work she’d put in, so the opening date would not be delayed again.Realizing it was almost 3:00 P.M. She decided to head home. The drive lulled her mind from the hectic schedule she had been living by. The rhythmic sound of the tires erased all the stress of the last few days. Moreover, for the first time, she knew in her heart that the opening would go off as planned with no backlashesShe was listening to a Final