{"id":1426,"date":"2018-10-01T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/?page_id=1426"},"modified":"2022-10-27T23:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T23:14:46","slug":"the-hunt-part-three","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/the-hunt-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt – part three"},"content":{"rendered":"

by John Riley<\/span><\/p>\n

iii<\/p>\n

If it been night-time, Kate wouldn’t have answered nor spy on what lay across the threshold. It was the biker.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sorry, erm… It\u2018s Bill…” He shifted awkwardly.<\/span>
\n“I’m sorry… marm…” He looked troubled ready to leave. <\/span>
\nAn uncomfortable silence hung over.<\/span>
\nBill lifted his hands ready to back off.<\/span>
\nHe looked haunted close up.<\/span>
\n“No, its okay is there something.”<\/span>
\nShe turned back to look into the house.<\/span>
\nShe knew he’d seen the pile of old books on the desk.<\/span>
\nKate drew the inner door closed.<\/span>
\nHe still looked unsure.<\/span>
\n“I… erm… figured on something.” He spoke soft, gravel like.<\/span>
\nHe looked away, then back at her, straight at the eyes.<\/span>
\n“I lost my own son… in similar way.”<\/span>
\nShe looked hard at him, and then there was that moment, that moment froze in the silence.<\/span>
\nBill had waited drawing on a little more courage.<\/span>
\nHe lent low to reveal what was in the bag down by his feet.<\/span>
\n“I figured you might need some more of these.”<\/span>
\nKate could see a clutch of short wooden stakes.<\/span>
\n“I’d say your son isn’t the one doing the walking…\u201d<\/span>
\nHe broke the stare.<\/span>
\nHe\u2019d have to say it…<\/span>
\n\u201cYou did it once.”<\/span>
\nLike said as if a plea…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

-end-<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

back to previous episode<\/a><\/p>\n

forward to next episode<\/a><\/p>\n

back to list of stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by John Riley iii If it been night-time, Kate wouldn’t have answered nor spy on what lay across the threshold. It was the biker. “Sorry, erm… It\u2018s Bill…” He shifted awkwardly. “I’m sorry… marm…” He looked troubled ready to leave. An uncomfortable silence hung over. Bill lifted his hands ready to back off. He looked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3036,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426\/revisions\/3036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanharker.co.uk\/theghostlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}