Part 51 (2/2)
”So what beyond the venison actually worked?” Jenny asked.
”Honey.”
Jenny nodded. ”I can see that. Sweets are always a good way to break down barriers with animals and people alike.”
Annja went back to watching the darkness. Her eyes couldn't pierce the cloaked environs beyond the reach of the lights, but somewhere deep down inside her she felt something moving out there.
Slowly.
”What time is it?” she asked.
David checked his watch. ”It's about that time.”
Annja nodded. ”I think it's out there.”
”Are you sure?” Jenny moved closer to her. ”I don't see anything.”
Annja smiled at her. ”Too much time in the cla.s.sroom. Let your eyes go out of focus and deepen your breathing until you're more relaxed. Sense the rhythm of the woods and then you'll start to hear and see things.”
Jenny took a breath and released it slowly, exhaling in one smooth stream. ”I feel like I'm meditating.”
”You are, sort of,” Annja said. ”Now just let your awareness expand outward in concentric circles, almost like radar.”
Annja went back to watching the woods. Her senses were heightened. There was definitely something moving out there. She s.h.i.+vered. Having something like the Sasquatch lurking on her property would have made her distinctly uneasy at night. She wondered how David the lothario fared.
Joey leaned his head forward, and his voice, when he spoke, was the vaguest whisper. ”It's here.”
David snaked his head in next to Annja and Jenny. ”I told you it would be here. Do you believe me now?”
”I can sense something out there,” Annja said. ”But I haven't seen anything yet that proves it exists. I'll withhold judgment until I do.”
”That shouldn't be long,” David said.
”I still can't see anything,” Jenny said.
David smiled. ”Want to get closer?”
Annja looked at him. ”Are you crazy?”
”We're not in danger,” David said. ”And I really want Jenny to see what this thing is that I've been dying to tell her about all this time.”
”When you weren't luring me out here,” Annja said.
”We can discuss that later,” David said. He looked at Jenny. ”What do you say? Shall we get closer?”
Jenny nodded. ”I'm in.”
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