Revenge of the Manitou
“But then, through the blindness of his fright and his anxiety, he heard Toby crying “Daddy-daddy!” and he stopped shaking and looked down at his son in bewilderment.
The face, the image of a face, had vanished. Toby was just Toby, and there were tears in his eyes from being battered so hard. Neil couldn’t say anything, couldn’t speak at all, but he held Toby close, and stroked his head, and rocked backward and forward on the bed to soothe him.
Susan came into the room, bleary with sleep. “Neil- what’s happening!”
Neil’s throat was choked with fright and tears. He just shook his head, and cradled Toby closer.
Susan said, “I heard somebody shouting. It didn’t sound like you at all. Neil-what’s happening?
What’s going on here?”
Neil took a deep breath. “I don’t know. It just seems crazy.”
“But what was it?”
Neil ran his fingers through Toby’s hair, and then sat his son up straight so that he could take a look at .him. Toby was tired, with plum-colored circles under his eyes, and he was p...ale, but otherwise he looked all right.MoreLess
The face, the image of a face, had vanished. Toby was just Toby, and there were tears in his eyes from being battered so hard. Neil couldn’t say anything, couldn’t speak at all, but he held Toby close, and stroked his head, and rocked backward and forward on the bed to soothe him.
Susan came into the room, bleary with sleep. “Neil- what’s happening!”
Neil’s throat was choked with fright and tears. He just shook his head, and cradled Toby closer.
Susan said, “I heard somebody shouting. It didn’t sound like you at all. Neil-what’s happening?
What’s going on here?”
Neil took a deep breath. “I don’t know. It just seems crazy.”
“But what was it?”
Neil ran his fingers through Toby’s hair, and then sat his son up straight so that he could take a look at .him. Toby was tired, with plum-colored circles under his eyes, and he was p...ale, but otherwise he looked all right.MoreLess
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