A Devil Among Angels
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The next morning, they played Dads' questions and answers game. Be honest, or you're on his DIRTY "things to do list." He piped, "And Eve?" "Yes Dad" she replied. "The others were in by ten, he noted, Where in hell were you?" "Babysitting", she assured.
Dad informed, "You weren't in the neighborhood, when I asked." "Oooh, yes, I WAS! she roared, Did you go off the porch?" He snarled, "Don't get cocky with me!"
"How did ya get in the house?" he asked firmly. She replied, "I pried open the window." "Dam! He remarked jokingly, I forgot to rig that lock." "Do it! she dared and I'll buy a ladder."
"There isn't any dam reason for a young girl to be out after ten, Dad expounded, so as of LAST NIGHT,I WON"T tolerate lateness. Is that UNDERSTOOD? They agreed. Eve taunted, "What's tonight's' curfew, Dad?" The girls giggled.
He raged, "Wasn't ya just told?" A sister asked, "What if we have a logical excuse?" "There'll be no EXCUSES! He deposed, no REASONS! NOTHING! Your IN or OUT of this house."
"Be reasonable Dad, Eve urged, the races finish at twelve." "Yeah, yeah, he contradicted, it isn't the races? Your gonna get into a heap of trouble, playing house with that feller."
"With who? She asked shockingly, I'm not seeing anyone." Dad remarked, "I have a splendid idea, he could remove the wheels from his jitt-nee-sit it on blocks in the backyard-then by God- you'd be home. What do ya think?"
"It stinks! she snarled, another dumb, stupid grotesque idea." He grinned, "It would be a dandy, shady place for "two peas in a pod", sitting in a "little love nest."
She pushed pass him and replied shakingly, "You're a ruthless man, with a dirty-rotten mind. I haven't got a love nest, so quit harassing me."
She stepped on the stairs and he protested. "Ruthless? You're a resentful teenager and furthermore, ya could get a decent job." "Go to hell!" she yelled. "So, lock the dam door or whatever is in your dam rule book. It's my life, old man, so get the hell off my ass!"
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A Devil Among Angels is Eva's first novel, which was inspired from her childhood. As a child, she survived hard times on a small farm in New York State.
She toiled with her sisters in the fields, picking stones and planting rows of vegetable seeds. At the end of a long, exhausting day, their "allowances" were the blessings from Mom's home cooked dinner.
She was surrounded by poor living conditions, with scarcity of food and clothing to share with other siblings. However, she was taught devotion, restitution, and persistence.
Ike solidified rules and expected obedience. If rules were broken, they were spanked, lost an earned privilege or read a pertaining verse from the Bible. She was familiar with Exodus, twenty, verse twelve.
At age six, she felt shunned and unloved by her parents. Mom was pregnant and caring for two younger children. Dad, with minimum education and skills, worked odd jobs to support the family and was hardly ever home.
She was contemptuous, intractable, defiant, and misjudged her loved ones. She learned from childhood mistakes, that parents provide supervision and support.
Parents DO care and love us, even though, as a child, some think otherwise. Honor, obey, and adhere to their advise... OR... YOU may be next...
A Devil Among Angels... AND... IF you have a goal, work hard and it CAN and WILL be accomplished because here's proof, so, be BOLD, BRAVE and DARE to follow that dream.
About the Author
Eva Mae Stocum Shutt was born in Galeton, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1946. Shortly after birth, she and the family moved to a small farm, just outside Whitesville, New York. They resided there until she was ten, then moved to Old Country Road, Springs Mills.
She graduated from Whitesville Central School in 1964, married in 1965, has three children and six grandchildren. She and her husband reside in Bingham Center, Genesee, Pennsylvania.
She enjoys reading, writing poems, lyrics, crocheting, and gardening vegetables and flowers. She also enjoys walking, camping, visiting with family and friends.