CHAPTER 14 Several events occurred at the particular moment when the bucket reached the end of its line deep within the well. Events that would define his life from that moment on. At around 1:30am, of that morning, the brick structure of the church cooled eighty degrees from its surroundings. The droplets of rain, as they fell and touched the masonry, sizzled into small ice particles on contact. This layer of cool air emitted from the church creating an eerie glow from the reflection of crystal droplets into the air. From there it was concentrated and emitted into one strong breeze, a tubular mass moving through the warm air away from the building and through the yard – visible but unnoticed by the two children leaving the alleyway. It escaped the confines of the property and head

