particularly fond of what she disregarding Daddy’s warning to called the vibrations of ignore the dreams she’d been five and seven plus five,” Daddy having nightly ever since she’d said, then shrugged. knows turned twelve, three months ago. “Who what those numbers mean. That told you to pay them “I woman’s crazier than a pet coon.” dreams no mind,” Daddy scolded. He frowned. ain’t happy the devil, playing like he’s “I “That’s about you hanging out with that your mama. She’s been gone woman,” he said. been years now and you know the dead “I’ve tempted to break my promise can’t be showing up in our ever since I came up here last dreams.” to let your gramma know know that,” Korin agreed, “I you were coming. That’s the not really believing it. this ”But devil’s doing—trying to make a time she brought me a present.” liar out of me.” She felt the weight of the flat river caught the tremor of rock Mama had placed in her fear in his voice. Everyone in their hand. She raised her chin and church thought they were blinked hard against the burning entering the end times and the in her eyes at the devil was stepping up his attack soft, cultured on them, because of it. voice, so unlike that of most folks she knew. Korin wasn’t worried. The war was still going on over there told me to listen to “Mama across the ocean. But that was a the of the Jidhe.” She turned long way off and didn’t have to Daddy. a Jidhe?” “What’s much to do with her little town After a long moment, he nor their church’s congregation, nodded and explained that he and as far as she could tell. Mama had studied the book of came to me again Jude the night before she died. “Mama last night,” Korin said, devil was most likely aiming “The
particularly fond of what she called the vibrations of and seven plus five,” Daddy said, then shrugged. “Who knows what those numbers mean. That woman’s crazier than a pet coon.” He frowned. “I ain’t happy about you hanging out with that woman,” he said. “I’ve been tempted to break my promise ever since I came up here last to let your gramma know you were coming. That’s the devil’s doing—trying to make a liar out of me.” caught the tremor of fear in his voice. Everyone in their church thought they were entering the end times and the devil was stepping up his attack on them, because of it. Korin wasn’t worried. The war was still going on over there across the ocean. But that was a long way off and didn’t have much to do with her little town nor their church’s congregation, as far as she could tell. “Mama came to me again last night,” Korin said, disregarding Daddy’s warning to ignore the dreams she’d been having nightly ever since she’d turned twelve, three months ago. “I told you to pay them dreams no mind,” Daddy scolded. “That’s the devil, playing like he’s your mama. She’s been gone five years now and you know the dead can’t be showing up in our dreams.” “I know that,” Korin agreed, not really believing it. ”But this time she brought me a present.” She felt the weight of the flat river rock Mama had placed in her hand. She raised her chin and blinked hard against the burning in her eyes at the soft, cultured voice, so unlike that of most folks she knew. “Mama told me to listen to the of the Jidhe.” She turned to Daddy. “What’s a Jidhe?” After a long moment, he nodded and explained that he and Mama had studied the book of Jude the night before she died. “The devil was most likely aiming
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