Come Get Me (33 page)

Jim was prepared to just let her calm down
but when she made that little slip he couldn’t help but pick on it.
Eventually he let her maneuver the subject back to what she wanted
and demanded to know why he wasn’t mad. He told her he couldn’t get
mad. He gave her some lame excuse about doing the same type of
thing when he was little and luckily she bought it. Not happily but
she still bought it and let the whole thing drop. Although she did
tell him in no uncertain terms that he was cleaning up the mess. He
thought that was a fair trade.

As they walked back around the house he made
sure she didn’t notice what he had. On the ground under the place
where the writing was were huge goat shaped prints. Not deep and
not really that noticeable if you weren’t looking like he was. This
was something he remembered from childhood. If he looked closely he
could see them coming from the woods to the house and back
again.

“This doesn’t piss you off?” she asked once
more as they walked.

“Don’t worry about it,” he said putting his
arm around her, “it’s just kids being kids. We are kinda famous now
after all.”

Then he tugged her gently towards the front
of the house. Looking over his shoulder once more as they rounded
the corner he could almost swear he saw something with a huge set
of antlers walking along the edge of the woods toward the back side
of their property. He just turned around with a smile on his face
and continued walking knowing they had chosen the right place to
live. Maybe, if what Jill had said was true, they would have kids
of their own and he could tell them all about the Goatman one
day.

The End

About the Author

I joined the United States
Army right out of high school 17 years ago. By day I’m an Apache
Longbow Armament Platoon Sergeant. By night I’m a writer and artist
but no matter what time of day it is I’m always a husband and a
daddy. Currently I reside in Killeen, Texas right outside of Fort
Hood but who knows where I’ll end up. Feel free and encouraged to
contact me at
[email protected]
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A Note from the Author

I’d like to thank everyone
that actually took the time to read my story. It took a while for
me to get to the point of actually putting it on paper and even
longer to get it out to everyone for reading. I had this story in
my head for quite a few years and started and stopped the writing
process many times. I grew up on the legend of the Goatman and came
up with idea after going and looking for him with some friends one
time. Needless to say, we didn’t find him but it sure makes for a
good story. Hopefully you enjoyed it. I’m currently working on more
so keep an eye out. You can also check out my webcomic, The War Out
There at
www.thewaroutthere.webs.com
or on Smashwords at
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/michaeljhunter

Thanks again.

Michael