Anthony Samuel Policastro Absence of Faith (v5.0) (pdf)

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or they find an open grave in a cemetery, dig two or three feet down and
put the body in. Then the cemetery has the funeral and places the real
coffin over the body they put there. No one ever knows. There could
lots of bodies buried under coffins. How do you find them? Dig up
every grave?"
"Gee. How awful," Yanni said. "How could you be in with them?"
"I wasn't. What I'm talking about is the outlaw cults. My group
didn't do any of those things. Besides, I quit," Chantress said. "I have
my own group now, and it's not Satanism."
"What should we do?" Yanni asked.
"I don't know. Maybe call the cops. Tell them what's happening,"
Chantress said.
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A frown formed on Yanni's face and Chantress noticed. Then
Chantress looked at Husk. He sat contentedly and watched the guitar
player strum another ballad.
"This is really scary," Yanni said.
"We're going there," Chantress said.
"Going where?"
"To the place of the sacrifices," Chantress said. "We have to warn
someone first."
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"It should be one of these houses," Chantress told Yanni. "Have you
seen any numbers yet?"
"I'm looking...I'm looking! I still think this is a stupid idea. We could
be on the beach instead of looking for some doctor's house. How do you
know he'll talk to you?"
"Quit complaining. He'll talk to us. Did you see the news? His wife
is missing, and I think I know where she is. He'll listen," Chantress said.
She slowed the car down and looked at the numbers on the houses.
"I'm not so sure. He may just slam the door in your face thinking
you're some kind of nut case."
"Just keep looking and have faith. Is that it?"
Chantress pointed to a freshly painted Victorian house.
"I don't know. Could be," Yanni said.
"What was the number of the last house on that side of the street?"
Chantress asked staring at the large, old house.
"Fifty two."
"Then that has to be it!" Chantress said.
She pulled the car next to the curb and parked.
"Well, are you coming?" Chantress asked.
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"No way! This was your idea. You go. I'll stay here."
"Chicken."
Chantress walked up to the porch, and rang the doorbell. After a
minute, she rang it again and turned to look at Yanni.
"Maybe he's at work," Yanni yelled.
"I called the hospital. He wasn t there," Chantress said.
She turned and rang the bell a third time. A few minutes passed.
Chantress turned and watched Yanni get out of the car and walk down
the hill towards the beach. She watched Yanni climb the narrow
weather-beaten stairs to the top of the sea wall and vanish over the wall.
She rang the bell again. Its muffled chimes squeezed through the thick
wooden door. She waited a few more moments, and then left to find
Yanni on the beach. Yanni had already kicked off her sandals and
waded into the cold ocean. Chantress approached as close as she could
without the ocean rolling up and soaking her shoes. Yanni turned
around.
"Isn't this great! We should be hanging out here soaking up some
rays," Yanni yelled.
She looked past Chantress and stared at the sand dune behind her.
"I thought this was a nice neighborhood. Look at that bum sleeping
over there," Yanni said. "I m surprised the cops haven t gotten him yet."
Chantress turned and saw a body slumped against the side of the
dune. Its right arm was extended and the hand held a glass bottle.
Chantress walked closer. It was a young man dressed in green hospital
scrubs. Yanni came up behind her.
"He's no bum," Chantress said. "He's a doctor!"
The man slowly opened his eyes and squinted at the two women.
"Doctor Hyll?" Chantress ventured.
"Huh? Where am I? Oh my head," he said, letting the empty whiskey
bottle fall out of his hand. "Who are you?"
"Chantress and I think I know where your wife is."
"Nothing like getting right to the point, Chantress," Yanni said.
Chantress frowned at her and Yanni shrugged her shoulders.
Carson sat up and held his hand over his brow to block the sun.
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"Where?" he said slowly managing to stand up. "Oh, my head."
He took a few moments to stabilize himself, and then stared at
Chantress and Yanni in their tie-dyed t-shirts.
"Come on. Let's get out of the sun. I can barely see you."
Carson turned and slowly walked towards the wooden steps. He
took each step with great difficulty. The two women followed.
Carson approached his front door, reached into his pocket, and
produced a large key ring with twenty or more keys. It took him several
seconds of fumbling before he found the right key and unlocked the
door.
"Come in," he said as he held the door open for the two women.
He left them in the living room and told them to have a seat. A few
minutes later, he returned - his face fresh and alert, despite his pounding
head. He sat in the love seat adjacent the sofa where the two women sat.
"You know where Linda is?" he asked looking at Chantress and
Yanni as if he saw them for the first time.
"Yeah, she was taken by a cult called Daimon Seclorum to be used as
the bride of Satan in a special ceremony only a few days from now,"
Chantress explained. "The name means demon generations, demon
centuries, demon ages or ages of demons.
"Daimon what? How do you know this?"
"I used to be a member, and I still have friends there," Chantress said.
"How do I know you're still not one of them and coming after me,"
Carson said.
"You don't know, but listen Doctor Hyll, you're wife is about to be
publicly raped by a bunch of sickos and kept prisoner until the baby is
born. After that, they'll kill her!" Chantress said.
Carson put his face into his hands and began to cry. Yanni went over
to him and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"We're only trying to help," she said in a low voice.
Carson cried for several minutes. Yanni rubbed his back.
"I'm sorry you have to see me this way," Carson said. "I normally
don t get wasted and sleep on the beach all night. It s just that this has
been so awful. I haven t slept in days. Raped...publicly? What are you
talking about? Linda?"
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