Title: Red Shadows at Saugatuck
Series: The Haunted Shores Mysteries Book 4
Author: Randy Overbeck
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
She glared at the downpour, measuring its progress. They had maybe fifteen minutes. Then, they were going to get drenched.
“Mom, what are we going to do?” Leo squeaked.
“It’s going to be okay,” she said, the first thing which came to her.
He looked up at her, deep green eyes wide. “How are we going to get to…Aunt Gertrude’s?” He sniffled. “I wish we were home, on the Chesapeake.”
She pulled Leo to her and hugged him. “So do I, son.” She stared at the water. “So…do…I.” She knew she needed to comfort her son, but what could she say? She’d tried never to lie to Leo. She scrunched down next him. “Mr. Salazar knows where we were headed. When we don’t come back in time, he’d send someone to go look for us. We simply need to wait.”
“You think so?” Leo sniffed.
“I do,” Erin answered, hoping she wasn’t lying to him. “But for now, since your dad’s not here, I need you to be a big guy for me. You think you can do that?”
He gave a slow nod and stuck out his chest. “I’ll try.”
Erin hugged him again. “That’s my big boy.” Still low next to him, she pointed out over the water. “See that line?”
“You mean that dark row?”
“Yeah, that’s a storm.”
“It is?” The fear was back in his voice.
“Yeah, and it’s coming this way.” She patted him on the chest. “The good news is it doesn’t look like there is any thunderstorm with it.” She pointed again. “No lightning.”
“O-kay,” he swallowed the two syllables.
“It means we’re going to get wet. But hey, didn’t we just spend the last few hours getting wet?”
He nodded.
“I think we can stand a little rain. What do you think?”
He looked at the approaching curtain of rain and then at his mom. “I guess so.” He sniffed again. “But mom, I’m scared.”
She hugged him tight. “It’ll be okay. You’ll see.” She hoped she wasn’t lying. “Hey, I just thought of something. Remember the cave we passed on our way to the waterfall. The one you wanted to explore, but I wouldn’t let you.” She glanced at the curtain of rain, then back at her son. “I think now would be a great time to check out the cave. What do you say?”
“Okay,” he gulped.
“If we hurry, we’ll might even be able to beat the rain.” She grabbed the picnic basket and the preserver. “I’ll race you.”
As they trotted down the trail they’d left a few minutes ago, she cast one last glance over her shoulder. But no one will be able to see us hiding in the cave…if they come looking for us.
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