Billy learns what the mysterious girl had found, just beneath the surface of the Cahaba. He turns to his Aunt Mary for comfort but learns that this isn’t the first time the creek had claimed a soul.

“I could see the clearing from here, about fifty feet upstream, and I eagerly watched the girl. I couldn’t hear over the sounds of the woods and the creek, but she pointed out into the water with one hand while clutching the hair atop her head with the other.”

^{Written & Narrated by L.R. McDonald
Reading: Chapter 3 and 4 from The Preacher, the Fisherman, and the Cahaba
Intro music: Independence Day Eve by Benjamin Bostick
Background music: Star of County Down by Jonathan Greer
Background music: Grassy Knolls of Home by LynneMusic
Transition music: Grey Shadow by Adrian Berenguer
Background music: Central Valley (instrumental) by Benjamin Bostick
Exit music: If I Were in a Novel (instrumental) by Benjamin Bostick}