Promise Me Texas (A Whispering Mountain Novel)
“One of Andrew’s stepfathers had been Catholic, and he’d attended mass regularly when home that year. Something about this priest didn’t ring true, but no one else seemed to notice.
“Would you like last rites, my son, as well?” Father Benjamin opened his hands as if releasing doves to heaven. “I know you think it a simple wound, but there are sometimes complications. It is best, before you go into troubled waters, that your bags are packed and you are ready to meet your maker. Death claims u...s all.”
Andrew lifted the poker from beside the fire and said simply, “You’ll see your maker before I do, Father, if you don’t tell me right now who you really are.”
The boots of polished leather, dusty, but not worn, gave the priest away.
When he saw the priest hesitate, Andrew added in a deadly whisper, “I might not be able to hit you with this poker, Father, but the Colt under this blanket will strike its mark before you can reach the door.”MoreLess
“Would you like last rites, my son, as well?” Father Benjamin opened his hands as if releasing doves to heaven. “I know you think it a simple wound, but there are sometimes complications. It is best, before you go into troubled waters, that your bags are packed and you are ready to meet your maker. Death claims u...s all.”
Andrew lifted the poker from beside the fire and said simply, “You’ll see your maker before I do, Father, if you don’t tell me right now who you really are.”
The boots of polished leather, dusty, but not worn, gave the priest away.
When he saw the priest hesitate, Andrew added in a deadly whisper, “I might not be able to hit you with this poker, Father, but the Colt under this blanket will strike its mark before you can reach the door.”MoreLess
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