Page 38 of Axton
“Because the woman lays on her back and the man puts his seed in her. Its unpleasant but mama says it’s worth it for the reward of a child. That’s his sister, they can’t have a child. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, they’re just doing God’s work.” I explained.
“Jesus.” He muttered.
“That’s not Jesus.” I said and he gave me a blank stare. “What? It’s not, and that’s not what you think it is, he’s just a very kind brother.” I argued.
“Just forget it and play the next episode.”
Two hours later, I paused it again and looked at Michael. “I don’t think not being able to sell the town is their biggest problem.” I leaned in closer to Michael and whispered. “I have a bad feeling David might be one of those homosexuals.”
He blinked at me a few times. “Also, not a sin.”
I tilted my head. “Wow, really? That’s great news for David, but I’ll still pray for him and ask that his papa doesn’t shun him.” I hit the play button again.
“That doesn’t happen all that much anymore. Most parents seem to just want their kids to be happy.”
I blinked at him that time. “Well, that was an hour of my life I won’t get back.”
He chuckled. “What does that mean?”
I nodded. “I suspected there was something special between Josiah and Larry…well we tried to call him Larry, but he made us call him Lawrence. Anyway, they disappeared one day, and my papa ordered everyone to the church parking lot. We had to kneel in the gravel for one hour and pray for God’s forgiveness. Kneeling in the gravel was so we could feel an ounce of the pain the boy’s sins caused God. I’m learning new things every day that papa got wrong.”
Michael sat forward. “You had to kneel in gravel for someone else’s sins and ask for forgiveness?”
“Of course.” I looked back at the television and unpaused it before I laughed at Alexis. She was always doing something funny.
“Axton, Creed is sending Magnus and Drakos to meet us along with a team. They’ve been following us via satellite, and there is a suspicious convoy of trucks following us about a mile back.”
“Shit, Koty switch me and get buckled in with Belle.” Michael ordered.
I started to panic, but Michael pulled me into him and kissed the top of my head. “Everything will be okay, I promise.”
“How did they find us?” I was trembling with fear.
“My best guess is they know who you are with, and our stop last night gave them a chance to catch up. If they know who we arethen they have an idea where we are headed. They were probably stupid enough to show up at Creed’s Lake.”
Koty headed toward me. “Get buckled in, Belle.” He ordered and Michael let go of me.
“Same orders as last time. Stay buckled in unless we stop then go to the bedroom and lock the door.” Michael ordered as he stepped to the front and took a seat next to Valerie. I could hear their conversation and there was a deep male voice coming from the speakers up front.
“Try to lose them. It’ll take longer to get home, but at least they aren’t close enough to see you exit I-64. Take exit 57B and head north. From there, I’ll direct you toward home using the back roads. You’re only ninety minutes out, so it won’t be that bad.”
I wished I could look out the back to see if they caught up to us. It was scary knowing they might have been so close. The motorhome veered off the highway on an exit that looped around in one big curve, then we didn’t even have to stop because it sent us off on a different kind of highway.
“They’ve still got about a quarter mile until the exit and then we’ll know if you’ve missed another tracker, or someone is closer and guiding them to you.” The man said.
“There’s definitely no tracker, I’ve scanned everything.” Michael said as he looked at a gun and shoved something into it.
“Take a right on County Line Road, then take South 200 West.” The man’s voice was giving directions.
“Dammit Creed, I hate to meet them in Cold Springs. If they make it before us, there’s no doubt they’ll spot us.” Michael said.
I presumed the man talking was Mr. Creed. “They stayed on I-65, you should be good from there. You won’t be on East TwoHundred West long before you need to take a right on St. John’s Road. Stay on that for about an hour then you’ll turn on County Road Four Hundred and that will take you out by the state park. They won’t make it to Cold Springs. Magnus and Drakos will intercept them in about thirty minutes.”
“Keep a visual on them as long as you can. Have Security let us inside the gates before they do our search, and remind them that Bellamy Ashford does not have any identification and that’s okay. We’ll be headed straight to your place and tell Morgan Bellamy needs clothes to borrow. She doesn’t have any undergarments and will need a winter coat. Did you send a prospect to Clarity to get the clothes for Koty, the brother? We can’t have him walking into the community center wearing Bolton’s clothes.”
“It’s already been done.”
Michael turned and looked back at me. “Are you okay?”
