ask. It
was like he needed to confess and Jim was the preacher. Rob never
went to any of the others, just Jim. Now was no different. It was
funny how they’d fallen right back into the old ways just like the
past twelve years had never happened.
“You know that he was impaled right?” Rob
finally blurted after a few seconds of silence. Jim told him that
was what he’d heard yesterday when he was walking around town and
saw Rob stand up a little straighter. It was like a great weight
had been lifted form his shoulders.
“Good,” he said with that sad little smile,
“at least I wasn’t the one to tell you that part of it.” Rob
stopped again and looked like he was thinking about what he wanted
to say. There must’ve been a lot of information because it took a
few seconds before he finally seemed ready to spill the story.
“It was real strange,” he began looking Jim
right in the eye. “The moment we got out to where it all went down
we could tell something just wasn’t right. It was almost as if
something about the air was telling us to go back. That we didn’t
want to see what was waiting for us in the woods. I myself wish
we’d have listened to whatever it was. I don’t think I’ll ever
forget what we saw out there.” Pausing again Jim could see Rob’s
shoulders shudder at the memory. Jim wanted him to hurry up and
tell the story but kept his mouth shut. If he pushed him he might
not get anything at all. After a few seconds pause Rob started
again.
“It was just getting dark and we were
beginning to think we weren’t going to be able to find the place
Tommy’s body was waiting for us at when suddenly we were there.
After walking through some bushes and around this one huge tree we
found it. Actually we almost walked right into him. After seeing
what had happened we all wished it had been darker than it actually
was. I wish I hadn’t seen it as well as I did. It just got worse
once they brought the lights out, but luckily I wasn’t there
anymore by that point. Anyway, Tommy was stuck right on the end of
a tree just like we’d been told. Right through his chest.” Rob
pointed at his chest as if to illustrate his point. “He must’ve
somehow flipped over in the air or something because he was laying
face up with the point coming from right between his ribs. It went
straight through his back and out his front. Parts of his ribs were
actually sticking out. There was blood all over the place. The
leaves looked as if someone had taken a bucket of red paint and
thrown it everywhere. I actually got a little sick and had to run
off in the woods so I didn’t contaminate the scene or anything.
After the initial shock of seeing his body wore off the next thing
we noticed was where his stand was located in relation to his body.
It was at least twenty feet away. That definitely wasn’t right.
Tommy could’ve fallen from a tree and landed the way he had but in
order for him to have landed on the tree he did he would’ve had to
jump. Everything we saw just on a first glance was strange enough,
but we were only half finished. The next thing we found after
looking for a few minutes was…” Rob abruptly stopped as the door
squealed opened announcing the arrival of someone. Jim cursed
whoever it was before he even saw them. Rob wouldn’t finish his
story with someone else there. It was bad enough he and Jill were
hearing what was said. Rob couldn’t risk another person knowing the
whole story.
The door finished its opening swing and begun
its closing when the last person he wanted to see strutted in as if
she owned the place. Maria looked from side to side like a dog
searching for a scent before finally settling on Jim. When she saw
him at the counter she immediately started walking towards him.
“Hi Jim!” she practically squealed as she
pushed Rob out of the way. “I didn’t know you’d be here!” He was
sure she’d known exactly where he was ever since he’d passed
was like he needed to confess and Jim was the preacher. Rob never
went to any of the others, just Jim. Now was no different. It was
funny how they’d fallen right back into the old ways just like the
past twelve years had never happened.
“You know that he was impaled right?” Rob
finally blurted after a few seconds of silence. Jim told him that
was what he’d heard yesterday when he was walking around town and
saw Rob stand up a little straighter. It was like a great weight
had been lifted form his shoulders.
“Good,” he said with that sad little smile,
“at least I wasn’t the one to tell you that part of it.” Rob
stopped again and looked like he was thinking about what he wanted
to say. There must’ve been a lot of information because it took a
few seconds before he finally seemed ready to spill the story.
“It was real strange,” he began looking Jim
right in the eye. “The moment we got out to where it all went down
we could tell something just wasn’t right. It was almost as if
something about the air was telling us to go back. That we didn’t
want to see what was waiting for us in the woods. I myself wish
we’d have listened to whatever it was. I don’t think I’ll ever
forget what we saw out there.” Pausing again Jim could see Rob’s
shoulders shudder at the memory. Jim wanted him to hurry up and
tell the story but kept his mouth shut. If he pushed him he might
not get anything at all. After a few seconds pause Rob started
again.
“It was just getting dark and we were
beginning to think we weren’t going to be able to find the place
Tommy’s body was waiting for us at when suddenly we were there.
After walking through some bushes and around this one huge tree we
found it. Actually we almost walked right into him. After seeing
what had happened we all wished it had been darker than it actually
was. I wish I hadn’t seen it as well as I did. It just got worse
once they brought the lights out, but luckily I wasn’t there
anymore by that point. Anyway, Tommy was stuck right on the end of
a tree just like we’d been told. Right through his chest.” Rob
pointed at his chest as if to illustrate his point. “He must’ve
somehow flipped over in the air or something because he was laying
face up with the point coming from right between his ribs. It went
straight through his back and out his front. Parts of his ribs were
actually sticking out. There was blood all over the place. The
leaves looked as if someone had taken a bucket of red paint and
thrown it everywhere. I actually got a little sick and had to run
off in the woods so I didn’t contaminate the scene or anything.
After the initial shock of seeing his body wore off the next thing
we noticed was where his stand was located in relation to his body.
It was at least twenty feet away. That definitely wasn’t right.
Tommy could’ve fallen from a tree and landed the way he had but in
order for him to have landed on the tree he did he would’ve had to
jump. Everything we saw just on a first glance was strange enough,
but we were only half finished. The next thing we found after
looking for a few minutes was…” Rob abruptly stopped as the door
squealed opened announcing the arrival of someone. Jim cursed
whoever it was before he even saw them. Rob wouldn’t finish his
story with someone else there. It was bad enough he and Jill were
hearing what was said. Rob couldn’t risk another person knowing the
whole story.
The door finished its opening swing and begun
its closing when the last person he wanted to see strutted in as if
she owned the place. Maria looked from side to side like a dog
searching for a scent before finally settling on Jim. When she saw
him at the counter she immediately started walking towards him.
“Hi Jim!” she practically squealed as she
pushed Rob out of the way. “I didn’t know you’d be here!” He was
sure she’d known exactly where he was ever since he’d passed
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