A Quiet Belief in Angels

Authors: R.J. Ellory

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“The Okefenokee Swamp, Altamaha River, Jekyll Island and Dover Bluff: these things behind me. Looking from the window as the wheels fought against rutted tracks and awkward angles, I passed out of Georgia like waking from a dream, and watched as soft edges gave way to intense light and harsh colors. Jostled in a cramped and airless vehicle, I drove out of the past toward the future that was waiting for me.A soldier rode behind me, tattered medal ribbons pinned around the brim of his hat, tunes f...rom a cracked harmonica that he held in his hand, his mind lost somewhere in a dark memory of Europe that would forever haunt him. I believed I too heard their voices. An elderly woman sat across the aisle, her face like parchment washed clean of its message, eyes like holes punched through daylight to find the quiet darkness beyond. Huddled with the other passengers, we spilled from the bus into towns like Goose Creek and Roseboro, Scotland Neck and Tuckahoe and filed sluggishly into austere rooms in cheap motels.MoreLess Read More Read Less