Apr. 18, 2008
My Story [Part 7] --

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“I don't like it,” Sadie hugged herself.

“Nor I,” Kit looked back at Annette. “I don't think she should be out here alone. Kidnappers have been known to stalk people before kidnapping them and I don't want another kidnapping to occur.”

Sadie nodded. “I'll be sure that she isn't,” she promised. “And I'll pray too.”

Kit let a small smile come to her lips as she nodded her head a little, looking confused. “Yeah, um,” she let out a nervous laugh. “Whatever makes you feel better,” she clasped her hands behind her back and looked out into the woods, scuffing her feet on the ground slightly.

Sadie looked curiously at Kit. “Have you ever prayed?”

Kit shook her head, a shadow of the earlier smile coming back. “Nah, just isn't my thing.”

“Do you have any beliefs?”

“I believe in myself.”

Sadie frowned. “Don't you believe in something else?”

Kit studied Sadie from the corner of her eye as she slowly replied, “No.”

“How can you be a police, putting your life on the line, and not know what would happen if you did died?”

Kit looked away for a moment then turned to face Sadie. “I need to go, there's a lot of things that I need to get done,” she started towards her car briskly, calling over her shoulder as she went, “Just call if anything else happens.”

Kit got shakily into her car and slammed the door shut. Sadie was still standing at the door of the barn, watching Kit with a strange expression on her face. Kit ignored her and pulled out of the driveway. As she drove down the gravel road she passed a car. Glancing over at the driver out of habit she found that she couldn't see the the person's face. A hat was pulled low over it, but brownish blond hair could easily be seen flowing down over her shoulders. She didn't look much older than Kit, maybe even a little younger. Kit slowed a little and looked over her shoulder to see the car pull up to the stables and Sadie wave to the girl as she got out. Kit returned her attention to the road and her thoughts turned to what Sadie had been saying. She hadn't felt so uncomfortable in a while, she had felt like a turtle out of its shell.

Kit gripped the steering wheel tighter and took a deep breath, looking around for something to distract herself with. A sign on the side of the road announced McDonalds iced coffee and she turned into the drive through. Coffee was something that always seemed to cheer her up, though she could never have more than a cup a day or else she'd be bouncing off the walls. Once she had gotten her coffee she started off for the station, sipping her drink. Her mind was now on the it, how she would like it to have a little more sugar and how it was a bit too weak. She set it in the cup holder, planning to add sugar to it as soon as she had parked, for she always kept sugar packets in her glove box for such occasions.

As soon as she had finished touching up the coffee she pushed her seat back and took her time sipping it, her eyes half closed in contentment. She allowed her mind to wander to the Sherlock Holmes story she had fallen asleep in the middle of the night before. He was trying to figure out how a girl had mysteriously died. She kept hearing a strange whistling noise at night and then one night her sister had heard a scream and as the girl lay dying she said something about a speckled band. Then some time later her sister moved into the same room that her sister had been in and began hearing the same whistles. Terrified, she had come to Mr. Holmes, and now he had to figure out what was going on.

A loud pounding on the window brought her back to reality, almost causing her to drop of coffee. She sat up quickly and stared out of it at Jeremy. She rolled the window down and looked at him quizzically. “What?”

Jeremy grinned. “Just wanted to see you jump, and also thought I should let you know that Dan called and said he's on his way back. Didn't think you'd want to be caught loafing around.”

Kit got out of the car and frowned. “I wasn't loafing. I was taking a break, resting the brain. It helps to figure things out easier,” she lost her frown as she spoke and ended with giving Jeremy a friendly shove as she trotted back into the station.

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Apr. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by SuzyScribbles

Oh, wow. Great contemplative scene here. I was SURE Kit was going to think about the comments about praying and her beliefs, etc., but instead she ignored it. Kit is certainly a mult-dimensional character (that is a GOOD thing, BTW). :-)

I'm on to part 8....

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