The Phone Call

By Charles F French

A son receives a phone call from his deceased father during a supernatural intervention. Will he accept the help and try to break his addiction, or will he continue on a path of self-destruction?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles F French
• Release date: May 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201401696

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The Phone Call

By

Charles F. French

(© Charles F. French 2021)

Day 1

As Cathal drove home on Monday night, the weather was terrible.  A summer rain beat down in massive sheets, and visibility was minimal.  His 2010 VolksWagon Gulf used to be a great vehicle and still handled with the same German proficiency as when he bought it as an almost new used car, but now it had close to 200,000 miles on it, and he felt like he was driving through a monsoon.  The only reason he had purchased it was because he had loved Gulfs as a teen. Now, he missed the Porsche Cayenne he had totaled recently. And he couldn’t get another now.

The tires on the Gulf had 40,000 miles of wear on them and weren’t gripping the road as they had years ago.  Got to replace them. But since he had driven the Porsche almost exclusively, he hadn’t bothered to replace these old tires. Now, he had no choice. Nothing like a DUI and a wrecked sports car to change my drive, he thought.

Being the careful, dutiful driver that he saw himself to be—a few beers can’t hurt—he ignored the buzzing of his cell-phone.  Leave a message. Cathal was absolute in his determination never to text and drive.  Sure enough, the familiar chirping beeped out, signaling a voice message.  It would still have to wait until he got home.

Once inside his aging condo, he kicked off his shoes and headed for the kitchen. He grabbed a Sam Adams Lager, used the bottle-opener on his Swiss Army knife to open