BLOGWORDS – Wednesday 23 April 2025 – NEW FEATURE - WRITING WEDNESDAY – DOUBLE DOUBLE WHO’S IN TROUBLE - PROLOGUE

BLOGWORDS – Wednesday 23 April 2025 – NEW FEATURE - WRITING WEDNESDAY – DOUBLE DOUBLE WHO’S IN TROUBLE - PROLOGUE

NEW FEATURE - WRITING WEDNESDAY – DOUBLE DOUBLE WHO’S IN TROUBLE - PROLOGUE

 

* cover reveal Friday 4 July

 

Double Double, Who`s in Trouble

 

Jeremy and Jordan

1996

 

      “Hiya, Pop.” Jeremy Jernigan waved as he slid in through the window of his older brother’s 1970 Charger. “Nice seein’ ya.”

      The words spewed like the dirt and gravel as his twin brother, Jordan, spun out and raced away.

 

       “Mrs. Jernigan?” Detective Masri held his badge.

      “I’m Jocelyn Jernigan, yes.” She studied the badge. “Not Mrs.”

      “You have two sons, Jordan and Jeremy?”

      Weary, she raised her closed eyes heavenward and released a heavy sigh. What now, Lord? “Yes, I do.” She pulled the door back. “Come in.”

      She called the boys to come up from the basement where they were playing video games; it took her three tries to rouse their attention, the third attempt had her going down the stairs herself and standing in front of the television screen.

      Jocelyn didn’t respond to their annoyance but spoke in a reserved voice. “There’s someone here to see you.” She turned and retreated back up the stairs.

      Expecting their dad—not that the man ever acted like a dad, at least not with them—the boys barreled up the stairs, ready for the showdown that was sure to come.

      It was not the showdown they expected. Nor was it their father.

      Jeremy and Jordan pulled up short when they saw the uniform.

      “Boys, have a seat.” Officer Masri remained standing. He pulled a small notepad and stubby pencil from his pocket and studied them for a long minute.

      Jordan fidgeted; Jeremy’s face beaded with sweat. No matter their claim to not care, they did, in fact, care deeply.

      “We received a call about an hour ago of vandalism and destruction of property at 1000 Silver Lake Road in Diamond Hill.

      Jocelyn gasped. “That’s Jason’s—” She turned to her sons. “Boys, what did you do?”

      “Ma’am.”

      “Sorry officer. Jason is their father.”

      “He ain’t no father.” Jeremy’s voice was laced with loathing.

      “He’s a bum and a lousy excuse for a human being.” Jordan blasted.

      “Boys.”

      “Mom.” Jeremy exuded snark as he mocked his mother’s soft reprimand; she couldn’t argue their point.

     

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“I’ve always had voices—er, stories in my head. I once said I should write them all down so someone could write them someday. I had no idea at the time that someone was me!”

 

My stories are deep and dark, my characters raw and real, with a healthy helping of hope and joy, humor and laughter, and abiding and sustaining faith.

My characters struggle in some way for their identity. Their stories are their journey to know who God created them to be.

There is also a strong element of friends, family, and faith in all my stories, and the difference it makes to have such a support system.

 

 

·       unsavory heritage series—seven generations, from Cissy to Connie, each with their own secrets, one of which is ugly and unsavory, and initiates the curse they all bear

·       Seasons series—four friends, each one struggling to know the truth of just what happened when one of them plunged into the depths of the black waters of the Edisto River

·       FourSquare – Four stories about four couples who also happen to be four sets of twins.

 

 

“Maybe you have to know the darkness to truly appreciate the light.”—Madeline L’Engle

 

“There is freedom waiting for you on the breezes of the sky. And you ask, What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” —Erin Hanson

 

 

 

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