Silent Symmetry (The Embodied trilogy Book 1)
JB Dutton
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Silent Symmetry
a paranormal mystery by
JB Dutton
Book 1 of the EMBODIED trilogy
Copyright and legal notice
Copyright 2013 John B. Dutton
Second edition, 2016
ISBN: 9780991791804
Cover design by Alexandra Nereuta
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What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
William Blake – The Tyger
Contents
Chapter 0
Memory #1: There were three in the bed...
Chapter 1
Dream #8: I’m floating in space.
Chapter 2
Dream #2: I’m being watched...
Chapter 3
Dream #10: I discover a sparkling river...
Chapter 4
Dream #23: I’m in a crowd of people....
Chapter 5
Dream #16: I’m super happy...
Chapter 6
Dream #19: I’m in homeroom. It’s morning.
Chapter 7
Dream #20: (while in Cilic’s limo)
Chapter 8
Dream #42: I’m at a circus show.
Chapter 9
Memory #7: I’m on Dad’s shoulders.
Chapter 10
Dream #51:The kitchen cupboard is wide open.
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Chapter 0
Memory #1: There were three in the bed, and the little one said, “Roll over! Roll over!” So they all rolled over and one fell out...
The second I walked through the door, I knew something was wrong. Not yet old enough to read, I could tell by the way Mom propped herself against the kitchen wall with the phone dangling loosely in her hand. My stomach turned inside-out.
“Mrs. Marriner?” said the tinny voice in the phone. “Are you still there?”
Mom put the receiver slowly back to her ear and groaned, “Uh-huh.” Her eyes were unfocused, her lips trembling.
“Is there someone who can look after your daughter? You need to come downtown and identify the body.”
“Uh-huh.”
Mom’s eyes came back to life and flitted down to look at me with a mixture of sadness, pity and fear. She clenched her lips together and hung up the phone. I walked toward her, wary, wondering. Mom crouched down and pulled me close. “I love you, pumpkin,” she whispered.
“I love you too, Mommy,” I answered, reassured by the familiar exchange.
“Listen, I have to go run an errand. I... I’ll drop you off at Maddie’s, okay?”
Normally the idea of a playdate would have made me jump for joy. But I knew something was wrong.
“Go pick out a sweater.”
“Okay.” And off I ran to my room, still shielded from the new reality.
