by Diana W.
When she got close enough, her hand went to her chest, confused by her own eyes.
“Selena.” Miss Lou Ann placed a delicate hand on her shoulder. “What are you working on?”
Selena was holding a pen in her hand like a kindergartner, scribbling in the Bible she kept in the nightstand on the right side of her bed. She didn’t react to Miss Lou Ann’s hand or stop writing, which made Miss Lou Ann even more nervous.
“Hey, you mind if I see?”
Selena shook her head as her hand continued at a rapid pace.
“It’s happening,” Selena mumbled to herself, turning to the next page.
“What was that?”
Selena suddenly stopped and stood up from the chair, forcing Miss Lou Ann to jump back. “Where...Where are my boys?” She began frantically searching around the room then hurried out into the living room.
Alarmed, Miss Lou Ann followed behind her. “Selena, they aren’t here but I can call them.”
“Call them!” She screamed. “I can’t protect them if they’re not here!”
Startled but still maintaining her composure, Miss Lou Ann tried a different approach. “Ok, how about you sit down for a minute with your lunch and I’ll make sure they get over here. You need your strength if you’re going to protect them, right?”
Selena’s eyes ballooned. “You’re right. You. Are. Right.” She rushed back into the bedroom, just as quickly she’d left out. She grabbed one half of the sandwich and the glass of sweet tea and walked to the dining room, still mumbling to herself.
Miss Lou Ann released a long, relieved sigh and pulled her cell phone from her pocket. She dialed Cornell’s number and placed the phone to her ear, circling back to Selena’s desk.
Cornell answered on the third ring. “Hey, everything ok?”
Miss Lou Ann picked up the bible and read the barely legible words ‘‘He Must Die’’ written on at least twenty pages.
“No…I don’t think so.”
To Be Continued….
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