Dark Places

by Carol, Ann

• ISBN13: 9781463440145
• ISBN10: 1463440146
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-07
• Publisher: Author Solutions

Excerpts

He was deep in thought when he looked back at the road. Headlights were coming at him from a distance. Since I-90 had a lot of curves, he thought it was an optical illusion, but, as it got closer, he realized it WAS on his side of the road and the car was weaving badly. He was watching as other cars ahead of him tried to get out of the path of the drunk driver.As the car got closer, Matt tried to anticipate where the car would be when it was on them. He tried heading toward the side of the road thinking maybe that would be his best bet. Malinda was watching in horror as the car got closer and closer.The drunk driver hit the other car just ahead of them and both came straight at them. Matt tried his best to maneuver his car so they wouldn't hit them, but it was impossible. They were hit head on at an incredible speed. Malinda screamed as the car hit them and Matt whispered a prayer as they started rolling down the embankment.The drunk driver's car was crumpled and he was knocked unconscious so he didn't see the other cars burst into flames. Matt and Malinda's fairy tale life ended that fateful night on their way home from their anniversary dinner.Aunt Linda had put Molly to bed and was sitting up reading waiting for them to get home. It was getting late and she started to get worried. Why were they so late? She expected them home already. Well maybe they were having a good time dancing and decided to stay longer. She fell asleep on the couch and didn't wake up until a knock on the door woke her.Did they forget their keys? When she got up she realized it was light outside. When she opened the door, she saw two police officers and fainted when they told her that her Matt and Malinda were both killed in a car accident. They carried her to the couch to lay her down. When she came to she sat with her head in her hands sobbing."Are you sure it's them? Maybe you made a mistake. No, no, it can't be true." Molly heard Aunt Linda crying and came downstairs. Aunt Linda gathered Molly in her arms and tried to explain what happened. How do you tell a young child that both her parents were gone forever? She had no idea. Aunt Linda was told they died instantly, but that didn't make her feel any better.Ella and Alice saw the police car and came over immediately. They couldn't believe what had happened. They held Linda and Molly and cried with them. with the help of their friends and neighbors they somehow managed to get through the funeral. It was just awful. Malinda was her twin and she loved her so much; and knowing Malinda was pregnant made it even harder.Aunt Linda had to pull herself together for Molly's sake and get on with their life. Molly was now her full responsibility and she would do whatever it tookThere were no living relatives now and Linda was so lonely. If it hadn't been for her neighbors, Alice and Ella, Linda would have lost it for sure. They made sure she was okay, took her places, checked on her and treated her like a sister. She could call them day or night and they didn't care. Molly grew up with their children and her best friends, Sharona, Vic, and Caitlyn and thought of them all as her family.Around the same time, a family in Georgia was about to face a crisis known to very few people. John, barley eighteen overheard something that shocked him to the core. He could not believe what he was hearing. His parents not only abused him all his life, but now he overheard them discussing removing him from their will and leaving it too that stupid charity they loved so much because he wasn't their "real son. What did they mean real son? No matter, that would never happen.They didn't realize he had overheard them. He was very angry! He went to his room and paced and thought. He finally concocted a plan; a good plan. He was tired of things never going his way. He figured out a way to finally slant something (good) his way. He was of age now. He had a car, and he knew the long lonely road they would take home that night from their fancy party.They told him good-bye and left for their fancy party; their last! He broke into the safe and found the adoption papers. That explained the real son part of it.He set his plan in motion immediately. He packed protection, a jumpsuit, and gloves. Then he waited. When he knew they would be driving home, he just "happened" to find them and stopped to "help" themHe got out of his car and walked over to where his dad had the trunk open and the spare, jack and tire iron out. He picked up the tire iron, and when his dad looked up and said thanks for stopping to help, he hit him over the head with the tire iron knocking him out, nearly killing him.