Helen's house (March 12)
Helen returned to her house after the Mountain Boys drove the Feds out of the North Country. It felt good to be surrounded by familiar antiquities--if only for a short while; she packed in preparation for their trip to Boston. Helen represented the Vermont and New Hampshire Covenants on the excursion. She was also in charge of the $980,000 brought to purchase supplies and weaponry.
With Max gone, Helen had ended up as Colebrook's Covenant leader. She hadn't sought the position, but the local Covenant, composed of Mrs. Larson, Harvey Madison, and Mr. and Mrs. Philbin, had chosen her. Vanessa Larson wanted the position but no one trusted her; Vanessa's passion for vengeance blurred her judgment. Helen had accepted the position, and in doing so, made a decision to get involved in the struggle. She just hadn't envisioned being in charge of it.
"Spectator News was the only major news organization to run your version of the Dixville Massacre," Steve Morrison stated flatly from Helen's porch. "We broke the story first."
"I appreciate the notion that you didn't let the facts ruin a perfectly good story. Look, I've got other things to do right now." Helen began closing the door. Steve stuck his boot in the crack. In answer, a 22-caliber barrel nosed through the crack of the door at his face. "I would appreciate it if you got your foot out of my door, buster!"
"You wouldn't shoot me, would you?"
"Do you want to find out?" Only a sliver of Helen's face could be seen and the deadly black hole of the barrel showed through the gap. "This is only a twenty-two, but it has Rhinos in it and it'll poke a hole in your face you'll really notice!"
"Hold it! Hold it! Your dog brought me here. See? The Rousell boys had me follow your dog here. Really." Steve didn't think she would shoot but he pulled his foot out of the door anyway. He had interviewed enough people in his career and instinctively knew when someone was serious--chewing his gum more vigorously now.
Helen widened the door and saw her dog Tater standing in fresh snow. The fluffy stuff lightly coated her back and head. "So, my dog finally came home." Then Helen got to thinking, "What boys?"
"Butch and his brother."
"Butch! Take off your gloves." He did, and exposed an ugly scar on his right thumb. Stitch marks remained from when he had had it taken care of by a doctor. "I hope he cut you deep."
"Deep enough to require stitches. Can I come in?"
She widened the door and dropped back into the kitchen. Tater bounded onto the porch and through the door. "Butch said he was just going to prick me to draw blood. That little prick pricked me all right."
Helen looked down at her watch. "You have five minutes and then you leave." Tater pranced in circles on her rug near the door and pawed at it before laying down. Small snowballs stuck to the longer hairs of her underbelly and legs. The golden retriever grunted as she hit the floor, planting her chin on her paws. Tater's eyes darted from Steve to Helen in an alert response to their curt discussion. "I have no idea what you want," she said.
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