Between the Waters (Symphony of Light)
“The Bentley had power, and I liked to drive fast, so keeping up was no problem. Mary’s nondescript Chevy was no match for British engineering.A visit from Cyril would be most welcome. I had a few thousand questions to ask him, but his communication with me seemed to be growing shorter and his calls further apart. I feared even to think that there might be a time I wouldn’t be able to talk to him.My call with Overton went better than planned. Probably because I didn’t tell him about the broken c...ar or my fur-covered friend. He couldn’t provide any information about Mary, just the things I already knew—they had rescued her from Vidius, who had enslaved her and cut out her tongue. She worked as Cyril’s housekeeper for years, but for the past several months she had been staying with Moreaux.Soon the highway chase ended in a rash of narrow country roads that sent us winding up and down the Laurel Mountains. Thankfully, Overton’s meticulous ways always left the gas tank full. Several serpentine-like turns and we lost sight of the car.At the four-way stop, I looked for signs of dust.MoreLess
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