[Jack Delaney]
The priest read and re-read the small article in the newspaper. "Still No
Trace of Missing Woman - Essex Police Appeal For Witnesses" Jack shook his
head. He knew the woman and her little girl only vaguely - they attended
his services from time to time. He still could not believe that something
like this had happened to someone he knew, let alone in the same area as
him.
Jack had heard that some priests get 'attached' to their flock, and he felt
something odd - a need to help. Flicking through his address book, he found
the address of the woman, and decided his best bet would be to go there and
see if there was anything he could do to help. Even if it was to find
someone to look after the little girl.
Sorting himself out, Jack ran a comb through his hair, jumped into his car
and headed to the address. The garden would have to wait.
Marcy Duvall was rather shocked to see a priest coming up the garden path to
the Wells house. She'd been the house keeper there for years and never once
had any priest visited. Yes, occassionally Ms. Wells took the child to
Mass, but the purely at eh child's begging. The girl's mother was not very
religious at all. Something Marcy thought a distinct shame. It was her own
influence that had goten the little girl interested in her faith. Thinking
of that tiny girl made her stomach twist into knots.
Marcy opened the door and came down the steps. "Good afternoon Father, is
there something I can help you with?"
Marcy
