April Shadows (Shadows 1) - Page 127

help. She was just whispering loudly. Maybe she was

in a delirium or something. I thought, and knocked

gently.

"Destiny? Are you all right? It's April, Uncle

Palaver's niece. He's in a deep sleep. Do you need

something?'"

I looked back at Uncle Palaver. He wasn't

moving. Slowly. I turned the doorknob and then

inched the door open, calling softly.

"Destiny? Are you all right?"

When the door was fully opened. I gazed in and

saw her lying in the bed. I could hear the whispering

clearly now. She was talking about something she and

Uncle Palaver had done together, some wonderful

time they had near the Grand Canyon. When I heard

his laugh. I felt chills in my spine. I looked back. He

was still unmoving on the sofa. How could I hear his

laugh?

"Destiny?"

I walked in. The light from the poles outside the

motor home was not as bright as it was in the living

room and kitchenette, but it was enough to clearly

outline Destiny's head and body in the bed. I stepped

closer and looked down at her.

My heart leaped in my chest.

It was the life-size doll. I looked about the

small bedroom, but there was no real person in the

room.

And the voices?

They were coming from a tape recorder beside

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