Chapter 30: Finally Meeting Evangeline

“Knock”

“Knock”

As I sit on the couch reading, I hear a knock at the door which startles me a little.  Enough to make me drop my book.  “Dang it.”  I murmur under my breath when I must find my bookmark and try to remember which page I was on. 

When I see the page, I place the bookmark in it carefully and stand up.  Hearing the knock again, I walk to the door and ask, “Who is it?” Before waiting silently to the side.

Dominic opens it quickly and walks in with a woman following closely behind him.  She is taller than I expected by a whole foot or so and quite skinny for a woman.  Matter of fact, she reminds me of a prepubescent boy growing into his own skin.

Her face is very plain, but her eyes peer through to my soul and that unnerves me right away.  It’s as if she knows exactly what I am thinking and yet she doesn’t say anything.  Instead, she stands quietly with her hands clasped together and her e