13 Nights of Horror: The Disappearance of Rose Hillard by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-11-02T23:00:00+00:00

Today

“Did you find it, Sheriff?”

“Good morning to you too,” Gorman replied as he limped across the road, with Michael hurrying to keep pace. Rain was still falling steadily, and the sky was rumbling as if the storm was waiting to return. Wincing at the pain in his hip, he was convinced he could feel the cold metal of the rods that had been inserted a few years ago after his accident. “No,” he continued, “I’m sorry, I’m still working on it. Don’t worry, though, I’ll get to the -”

“You’ve got to find it,” Michael hissed, stepping in front of him to bar his way. “It’s been more than twelve hours! I mean, Jesus Christ, every second it’s missing is another second when someone could be loading it up to watch! Don’t you care about the fact that Rose is going to be humiliated all over again if anyone sees the video?”

“Michael -”

“It’s out there!” he hissed. “Someone’s got it, and why would they go to all the trouble of stealing it if they’re not going to do something with it?”

“I’ve been following leads,” Gorman told him. “I’m sorry, there were a few false starts along the way but believe me, this situation has my full attention. Right now, a forensics team from out of town is going over my office. Whoever broke in there, they have to have left something behind. A hair, or a flake of skin, or -”

“If anyone watches that disc,” Michael replied, interrupting him, “they’ll know what happened to her!”

“I’m fully aware of -”

“And then there’ll be questions,” he added, taking a step back as he stared at Gorman with a wild look in his eyes. “People are gonna start wondering what happened to Scott and Luke Everham, and to Ricky. Just because we know that the three of them were the ones who killed Rose, we can’t assume that other people are going to see it the same way. If they realize what happened, they won’t care that we were just trying to protect everyone from the truth. They’ll come after us with everything they’ve got!”

“You don’t need to lecture me on my duties and responsibilities,” Gorman replied, forcing himself to stay calm. “I know this is difficult for you -”

“You have no idea what this is like for me,” Michael shouted, taking a step back. “Believe me, you don’t have a goddamn clue! To think of people out there watching that awful video, watching everything that happened to my poor little girl… You have to find it, and you have to find it today! You can’t let people know. If Carey ever found out what happened to Rose, not just that she’s dead but that she died in such a horrible way, it’d destroy her. This whole town would be torn apart! It’s like we agreed, we have to protect everyone from the truth!”

“You can rely on me,” Gorman said firmly. “Have I ever let anyone down in Vantage?”

“There’s a first time for everything.”

“I

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