Wolfsbane (2016)
““Son-of-a-bitch!” Chief Deputy Andrus balled up the paper and tossed it at a trash can in the sheriffs office. The paper bounced off the wall and landed on the floor. “I just don’t like that bastard. Never have.”
“Why is that, Blaine?” Edan inquired.
The deputy shook his head. “That whole family is weird. There’s something about all of them that’s . . . I don’t know—unhealthy. That’s not the right word.”
“Sneaky?”
“Yeah! That, and something else: evil. And don’t ask me to explain that. I can’t....”
“Where do they go to church, Blaine?”
“They don’t. None of them. Eli’s youngest told my Sally it was stupid to worship God. She asked him what he worshipped, and he said: something a lot more fun. Then he clammed up and wouldn’t say anymore about it. Sally said the next day when he came to school, he had black-and-blue marks all over him; one of his parents really whipped him.” The deputy shook his head. “Man that’d do that ought to be horsewhipped—in public.”MoreLess
“Why is that, Blaine?” Edan inquired.
The deputy shook his head. “That whole family is weird. There’s something about all of them that’s . . . I don’t know—unhealthy. That’s not the right word.”
“Sneaky?”
“Yeah! That, and something else: evil. And don’t ask me to explain that. I can’t....”
“Where do they go to church, Blaine?”
“They don’t. None of them. Eli’s youngest told my Sally it was stupid to worship God. She asked him what he worshipped, and he said: something a lot more fun. Then he clammed up and wouldn’t say anymore about it. Sally said the next day when he came to school, he had black-and-blue marks all over him; one of his parents really whipped him.” The deputy shook his head. “Man that’d do that ought to be horsewhipped—in public.”MoreLess
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