The Devil Wore A Brown Suit novel Chapter 17

 I don’t know what has happened. I’m in a barn with Sarge. I hear a man preaching to a crowd. The crowd is screaming and rejoicing at this man. Where am I? The man sounds like my brother. “How did we get here?” I ask Sarge. He lays his head on me. I will not fear.

          A young man comes into the area I am at. “Perdition, I am sure you have questions. Everything will be answered very soon. Daniel will see you soon.” He tells me.

 Before I can ask him anything he leaves. “Sarge, I think we might be in trouble,” I tell him as I pet his head.

 I wonder where Chaos and KoKo are. I get up and look around the room. There is hay stacked up everywhere. There is a small window. I wonder if I can get to it.

“What do you think? Think I can manage to get a peek of where we are?” I ask Sarge.

He grumbles. I don’t think he thinks I should. I have no idea what to do. I wonder if the voices were my brother all this time or worse my mother. I have a bad habit of getting into the worst predicaments.

What should I say to my brother? I do not know if I should give him a chance to explain or just try to kill him.

 The door opens again, it’s a young woman.

“Master will see you now. Please follow me.” She says.

She seems robotic. I get up and follow her. “Come, Sarge. Stay close.” I tell him. He is on my heels as we follow the young woman.

She walks me out of the room. I am trying to take in everything I see. Maybe I can find a way out. Maybe we can escape this. I hear the voice tell me to put up a wall around your thoughts they can hear you. I concentrate on my light and cover my thoughts.

Maybe I should try to go silent. I keep scanning everything. I need to memorize every single thing I see. She walks me to a room at the end of the barn. “This way.” She says as she opens a door.

Sarge and I go in. It’s a church. There are many pews. My brother is standing there waiting for me. I can’t believe what I am seeing. My brother the son of Lucifer is a preacher.

“Damnation!” I scream.

“It’s only Daniel here, Izzy.” He responds.

 I am speechless. This can’t be real. There is no way my brother is a preacher. 

“Can you please explain to me what is going on? I thought you came here to kill all these people not to redeem them?” I scream.

 Daniel calmly walks to me. “My sister, I am not the enemy here and neither is our mother. Sam has manipulated you. I know you are very confused. Your children are in great danger and I want to help you.” He speaks so calmly to me.

I do not trust him. “You came to the bar and tried to hurt people. I saw you!” I continue to lash out at him.

“Izzy, I came there to get the twins before they hurt them. I was not there to hurt anyone but Sam and Mayhem. They can’t be trusted.” He is speaking so calmly it scares me. 

“Daniel, if what you say is true, then why did you trap me in the void? Why did you leave me to die?” I ask him.

My brother walks to me and takes my hand. “Izzy, I had to get out. I did not mean to trap you there. I came back for you but you were so happy with Mayhem. So I left you there. I did not know they were going to take the twins at the time. I didn’t know until later.” He continues to speak so calmly.

This cannot be my brother. “Am I a prisoner here?” I ask.

“No Izzy you can leave, but if you leave I will not help you get the twins.” He starts to walk away. “oh and just so you know, Camilla is here.”

 My mind starts racing. I hear the voices. They keep saying be careful over and over. “Can I see her?” I ask.

”Sure I will have my wife take you to her?” he responds.

Now I am in shock. My brother is a preacher and he is married! What next?

 “Brooke will take you to your room she has prepared for you. Dinner is at 6.” He says as he turns to walk away.