The Turtle Boy
“Marshall's porch was a welcome oasis from the storm. Timmy shuddered at the cold drops that trickled down his neck. Kim shivered, her hair hanging in sodden clumps like leaking shadows over the moon of her face. They snapped their umbrellas closed and his mother trotted up the three short steps to the front door.
It was already open.
His mother turned back to them, her face gaunt as she hurried them down from the porch and back into the rain.
"What is it?" Timmy asked, shouting to be heard abov...e the shrieking wind. Sheets of icy rain lashed his face. Kim gave him a frightened look he figured probably mirrored his own. All he had seen as the door swung open had been a dark hall, broken at the end by the fluorescent glare from the kitchen. He was sure no one had been sitting at the table.
"Nothing," his mother called back. "Nothing at all. But I don't think they're here!" Timmy felt as if his head had been dunked in ice water. His teeth clicked and an involuntary shiver coursed through him.MoreLess
It was already open.
His mother turned back to them, her face gaunt as she hurried them down from the porch and back into the rain.
"What is it?" Timmy asked, shouting to be heard abov...e the shrieking wind. Sheets of icy rain lashed his face. Kim gave him a frightened look he figured probably mirrored his own. All he had seen as the door swung open had been a dark hall, broken at the end by the fluorescent glare from the kitchen. He was sure no one had been sitting at the table.
"Nothing," his mother called back. "Nothing at all. But I don't think they're here!" Timmy felt as if his head had been dunked in ice water. His teeth clicked and an involuntary shiver coursed through him.MoreLess
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