When the Wind Blows (41 page)

She was curled up, her knees against her chest, her thumb in her mouth. She was crying softly. When Christie knelt beside her, the child looked at her, her eyes wide with fear.

“It’s all right, baby,” Christie whispered. “Mommy’s here. Mommy will always be here.”

But in her heart she was terrified, for she remembered what Eddie had told her over dinner that evening.

“It’s not just the sound of them crying,” he had said. “Ever since we were little, something’s been happening in Amberton. It started right after you went away.”

“What?” Christie had asked. Eddie had been silent for a moment, but then his eyes met hers.

“Our babies die,” he had said softly. “When the wind blows, all our babies die.”

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